RE: Maybe there's something like a god out there.
June 5, 2020 at 8:42 am
(This post was last modified: June 5, 2020 at 8:46 am by The Grand Nudger.)
The specific instantiation of the golden rule as seen in magic book has a known history. It may have been that the people in the region believed it prior to their writing it down (almost certainly true) - but the manner in which it was written, specifically, is traceable to confucianism through the silk road. It appears in the liturgical record along that trade route, and as that trade route extends in time.
The significant christian revision to what had become a maxim all over the east and ancient near east was a change in tense from the passive to active. While the popular saying at the time was to -not do- to others what you would not have done to yourself, the confluence of western ethics with an eastern slogan was -do unto- others, what you would have done to you. It's not clear that this would have been seen as a revision or a clarification to a confucian scholar, who could agree almost as a matter of course with such a statement in the context of one being yin, the other yang. In fact, the confucian scholar might suggest that neither formulation is complete on it's own, and that the truth lie somewhere in wu - the middle/all encompassing whole of both/nothing particular.
...but, you know, only christianity......
In mere reality, all human beings have thoughts and opinions and positions on love, compassion, and toleration. They are a product of our shared humanity, not our disparate religions. There's no downplaying the vast differences between cultures, but..similarly, there is no way to ignore our common interests in those items of utmost and deepest importance to us.
The significant christian revision to what had become a maxim all over the east and ancient near east was a change in tense from the passive to active. While the popular saying at the time was to -not do- to others what you would not have done to yourself, the confluence of western ethics with an eastern slogan was -do unto- others, what you would have done to you. It's not clear that this would have been seen as a revision or a clarification to a confucian scholar, who could agree almost as a matter of course with such a statement in the context of one being yin, the other yang. In fact, the confucian scholar might suggest that neither formulation is complete on it's own, and that the truth lie somewhere in wu - the middle/all encompassing whole of both/nothing particular.
...but, you know, only christianity......
In mere reality, all human beings have thoughts and opinions and positions on love, compassion, and toleration. They are a product of our shared humanity, not our disparate religions. There's no downplaying the vast differences between cultures, but..similarly, there is no way to ignore our common interests in those items of utmost and deepest importance to us.
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