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- From: burtp@rs6223.ecs.rpi.edu (Philip Nason Burt)
- Subject: Re: Perhaps we have forgotten the teachings of Jesus
- Message-ID: <2n31w0l@rpi.edu>
- Keywords: golden rule
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- Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
- References: <1992Nov17.143129.1511@deeptht.armory.com> <FVuJuB2w165w@spud.kludge.com> <1em7j3INN7jb@lily.csv.warwick.ac.uk>
- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 05:44:42 GMT
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- In article <1em7j3INN7jb@lily.csv.warwick.ac.uk> phufk@csv.warwick.ac.uk (Mr B Thomson) writes:
- >
- > I think that there is some confusion over the teachings of Christianity here,
- >with repect to ethical philosophies.
- >
- > The "golden rule" that you are discussing seems to stem from certain themes in
- >the Old Testament, including ideas such as "an eye for an eye and a tooth for
- >a tooth." As Ghandi said, if you go round with this sort of attitude, everyone
- >is going to end up blind. :)
- >
- > I seem to recall that Jesus doesn`t actuually make an appearance in the Bible
- >until the New Testament and the moral philosophy seems to change somewhat
- >thereafter.
- >
- > Obviously, the Bible is open to interpretation, but I understand the Christian
- >"golden rule" to be something along the lines of "Love everyone
- >unconditionally". I think this has several advantages over the much discussed
- >"Do unto others as you would have them do unto you" or "Do not do unto others
- >as you would not have them not do unto you".
-
- This, in fact is an increadible insight into Christianity. In fact,
- many Christians often get confused on this issue themselves (trust
- me, I am one). Jesus taught that people should "turn the other cheek".
-
- I have been leading a discussion in my dorm centered around morality,
- Christianity and culture and how these things interact. Both
- Christians and people of other beliefs are involved. One of the
- topics we have been discusing recently has been "rights" and "the
- legislation of morality". We have had some interesting discussions
- without reaching a whole lot of conclusions.
-
- I am rather new to the world of cyberpunk, but I would be interested
- to know how people are thinking on issues such as these. Cyberpunk
- thought seems to focus on what things are like now and what they will
- be like without asking what "should" things be like. Nonetheless,
- everyone has an opinion - so share them.
-
- later,
- phil
-