Carol Sager wrote:
> The teaching of biblical scholars of the old testament has been that a
> rule that says Do unto others as you would like them to do unto you places
> the person "doing" as judge and juror of what is right. Therefore the
> golden rule can only be stated as do unto others as they would like done
> unto them. The ancients never considered a platinum rule-of course.<
Certainly a finer means of explaining than I attempted in prior posts on
this subject. Our thanks to the ancients. They might have, as we?,
considered the idea of a "platinum rule" self-justifying...and
self-indulgent. The Golden Rule is the mirror we may look into as we
act...and see ourselves in the process. The mirror is always clean and
clear...it only shows what we are, and what we do.
--Regards, John Constantine Rainbird Management Consulting Santa Fe, NM http://www.trail.com/~rainbird
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