tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5438889006230803241.post1641005963607311302..comments2023-10-31T20:08:45.037+10:00Comments on Operation 513 - Apologetics Blog: Can Atheism Account for Morality?Ryan Hemelaarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17902805101742992509noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5438889006230803241.post-3635746737742549742009-09-22T21:09:13.679+10:002009-09-22T21:09:13.679+10:00References to the Golden Rule are found throughout...References to the Golden Rule are found throughout history. It is probably the most common of moral standards. So common that I suspect it is genetically wired into our thinking.<br /><br />Here are a few cross-cultural references -<br /><br />Socrates: Do not do to others that which would anger you if others did it to you.<br /><br />Also Buddhism:<br />Hurt not others in ways that you yourself would find hurtful. Udana-Varga 5:18<br /><br />Confucianism: <br />Try your best to treat others as you would wish to be treated yourself, and you will find that this is the shortest way to benevolence. Mencius VII.A.4<br /><br />Hinduism: <br />This is the sum of duty: do not do to others what would cause pain if done to you. Mahabharata 5:1517 <br /><br />Taoism: <br />Regard your neighbor's gain as your own gain, and your neighbor's loss as your own loss. T'ai Shang Kan Ying P'ienRick Muellerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03853103127435018152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5438889006230803241.post-36072568544556171332009-09-20T10:32:26.130+10:002009-09-20T10:32:26.130+10:00In response to "clamflats", the Golden R...In response to "clamflats", the Golden Rule you mentioned did come from God Himself through Jesus Christ when He taught: <br /><br />"So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets." (see Matt. 7:12 & Luke 6:31) Also, "Love your neighbor as yourself." <br />:-)Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12622147137719660591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5438889006230803241.post-89163711473078130002009-08-21T08:20:32.096+10:002009-08-21T08:20:32.096+10:00Hope you don’t mind a comment from a lurker who ha...Hope you don’t mind a comment from a lurker who happened upon your blog. I googled Kalam Cosmological Argument and came across your post.<br /><br />About the video:<br /><br />If my moral standard is the Golden Rule - treat others as I would have them treat me – then in the hypothetical situation presented, economic chaos with armed robbery as the norm, I can maintain my moral standards without, as Matt Slick suggests, having moral standards, or a law giver, outside of myself.<br /><br />If I violate my moral principle and rob someone I will live with the consequence, feelings of guilt and shame. If the Christian robs someone I assume he will have similar feelings and additional feelings of having disobeyed God.Rick Muellerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03853103127435018152noreply@blogger.com