RE: How can Christians not admit Christianity is all a pile of garbage when ...?
February 21, 2012 at 10:54 am
(This post was last modified: February 21, 2012 at 10:56 am by Faith No More.)
(February 21, 2012 at 4:31 am)chipan Wrote: Maybe not the old testament god but the Golden rule was originally quoted from Jesus. Matthew 7:12
um...no. from wikipedia
Quote:Ancient China
The Golden Rule existed among all the major philosophical schools of Ancient China: Mohism, Taoism, and Confucianism. Examples of the concept include:
"Zi Gong asked, saying, "Is there one word that may serve as a rule of practice for all one's life?" The Master said, "Is not RECIPROCITY such a word?" – Confucius[13][14]
"Never impose on others what you would not choose for yourself." – Confucius[15]
"If people regarded other people's families in the same way that they regard their own, who then would incite their own family to attack that of another? For one would do for others as one would do for oneself." – Mozi
"The sage has no interest of his own, but takes the interests of the people as his own. He is kind to the kind; he is also kind to the unkind: for Virtue is kind. He is faithful to the faithful; he is also faithful to the unfaithful: for Virtue is faithful." –Laozi[16]
"Regard your neighbor's gain as your own gain, and your neighbor's loss as your own loss." –Laozi[17]
Sorry to break it to you but much of Jesus' views on such matters were around several centuries before he was allegedly born.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
