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Treat others as you would like to be treated?

I couldn't care less which religion a person follows, so long as they abide by this; do you agree?

2007-10-29 04:39:51 · 29 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture Religion & Spirituality

MAGLEY 64 - lol lol. OK, assuming that the person in question is not a masochist... :)

2007-10-29 04:43:01 · update #1

MAGLEY 64 - lol lol. OK, assuming that the person in question is not a masochist... :)

2007-10-29 04:43:12 · update #2

FRED S - I agree. I'm talking about when one doesn't know the other person and so ideally one treats them with the same basic respect and courtesy most of us appreciate.

2007-10-29 04:44:41 · update #3

FRED S - I agree. I'm talking about when one doesn't know the other person and so ideally one treats them with the same basic respect and courtesy most of us appreciate.

2007-10-29 04:44:45 · update #4

HEY MIMI & DUKE OF TUDOR - good to see you guys! And thanks for two FAB answers!

2007-10-29 11:17:21 · update #5

HI EU CITIZEN! I think I know the exact quote you are thinking of; I will try and find it and post it in this section!

2007-10-31 04:12:19 · update #6

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No that is the essence of morality not religion. and before anyone blabs on you CAN have morality without religion.

2007-10-29 04:49:30 · answer #1 · answered by hoegaarden_drinker 5 · 0 0

Tabatha you must be quoting a very famous rabbi in some sense there.

I remember he said that all Bible (Torah) really says is basically treat everyone as you would like to be treated.

The rest is just commentary.

is that right? Is that what he said Tabatha?

Well yes that is the essense of all relegion.

The books Torah,Bible and Qu'ran have all these little stories of shepherds who learn a lesson and other people who learn how to live a virtous life.

My thinking is these stories in all three holy books are made up they never happend there only use is to serve is an example of how to live a good and moral Virtuous life the stories are merely the medium for the message which is be a good person and respect others and you will be rewarded in the here after now.

Its like the childrens story the Tortoise and the Hare right.

The Hare is really fast and the tortoise is slow and takes his time.

In the end the Hare is over zealous and loses the Race but the slow tortoise who takes his time and doesnt rush is the winner in the end.

The underlying message of the story is that be modest and dont get over confident.

Much the same way the fictional story of the Tortoise and the Hare carries and example for us in real life the Stories of the bible,Torah and Qu'ran do the same thing.

With no disrespect to all 3 relegions i consider the books of these 3 faiths to be elaborate works of fictions that show us by example (in the stories) to live a good life and respect others.

If you take a look at the stories they are all steeped in symbolism but the Message that you speak of is present in every single one.

2007-10-29 13:26:03 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

In philosophy, essence is the attribute (or set of attributes) that make an object or substance what it fundamentally is, and that it has necessarily (in contrast with accidental properties that the object or substance has contingently, and without which the substance could have existed)

and so I would say the Essence off all Religions is Creation and Noting more ..for creation is the only important thing within the Universe and if we all abided by its rules there would be no nothing to sepparate one from anyone else ..we would all be equal and as equals we would truly Treat each other in the same manner always...

So all I can but say is start with Love Always

2007-10-29 12:00:49 · answer #3 · answered by Apolo 3 · 0 0

Another way of expressing that maxim is to say that you should treat others in a 'good' way, because we would in theory like people to treat us in a 'good' way. But this is exactly where the various religions begin to differ. If you asked an Epicurean what he thought was good, you might hear that the best thing in the world is sensual pleasure. If you asked a Buddhist what the best thing is, they might tell you that it would be a complete loss of self awareness. If you asked a Christian, they may tell you that the best thing is to be symbolically crucified with Christ. All very different answers to the same simple question, "What is good?". It is question that can take a lifetime to answer.

2007-10-29 04:54:10 · answer #4 · answered by morkie 4 · 1 0

Yes and i think this is partially why so many religions try to forcibly convert others. Treat others how you would want to be treated puts you in the shoes of others, but with your own beliefs and values. If I belong to Christianity for example, "treat others how you would want to be treated" is going to lead to me doing everything possible to convert others, since I would want to be saved if I were them. If you are a Muslim with exactly the same beliefs, there is going to be a big problem since we are both going to be treating others how we would want to be treated (converted and saved). When I try to do unto you as i would have you do unto me, and you do likewise, it is not going to be a pretty picture.

I think the golden rule does capture some basic elements of morality, it forces you to recognize that the other is a person and need to have best interests taken in to account. Unfortunately it makes ethics way too subjective. Whatever I would want done then becomes what I think people should do.

Fred S. summed up the problem nicely. Treating others with respect and courtesy are really going to be minor values. Would you rather be treated with respect and courtesy or spend eternity in hell? If I belong to certain religions treating you how I would want to be treated may demand me not being respectful of your (heathen) beliefs. Say what you want about the missionaries who aided the rape and destruction of countless native cultures and religions, they were at least acting according to the Golden Rule (since presumably they would themselves rather have their "false" beliefs disrespected and themselves forced to convert rather than spend eternity in hell.)

2007-10-29 04:48:50 · answer #5 · answered by student_of_life 6 · 0 0

Not at all. the essence of Religion is God. Without one, Religion would have no meaning.

However I would agree that all Religions have a commonality of instruction on the subject, though the wording may vary.Love thy Neighbour', 'respect all living things', etc.

There seems to be no reason to single out Religion, it should be a basic code of human conduct, but all too often its more don't do what I do, do what I say.

2007-10-29 05:15:38 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

Not necessarily so. If I were a masochist, should I be a sadist as well? The essence of religion, in my opinion of course, is the personal and harmonious relationship with God. Since God is complete and has no needs, the only way to serve Him is to avoid causing suffering on others and to help alleviate suffering in others. Why? Because God is everywhere, in all of us.

2007-10-29 04:50:32 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

The Golden Rule is the true basis for all religions on the earth. They may state it differently. The believe in different Gods. Their way may be strange to you. But do unto others, like you would like to be treated, is the basic tenet of all religions.

2007-10-29 04:47:21 · answer #8 · answered by ? 6 · 1 0

Sometimes I think i would like treated to a good smacking .. do I treat everyone the same way? Might cause difficulties.

2007-10-29 04:53:24 · answer #9 · answered by the norm 3 · 0 0

In theory this is what religion should teach us, but in practice it's not always so.

Although the Christian religion teaches love for mankind in the New Testament we also read that Jesus said "Who is not with me is against me". This, whether he said it or not, is what the New Testament tells us and to me it shows intollerance for people who are not Christians. In fact throught history Christians have often forced entire cultures to convert to their creed often resorting to violence and bribery such as in South and Central America and some part of Africa for instance. The treatment of Jews by Christians through history is appalling with cases after cases of murders in great scale and genocide or segregation, and I'm not only referring to the second world war but to massacres of Jews in the Middle Ages and after including segregations in ghettos.

The Muslim religion is equally intollerant in many aspects. Women for instance are treated different from men who enjoy enormous rights and freedom in comparison. If a muslim wants to convert to another religion she or she is persecuted and even killed. Women were and are still circumcised in some places in order not to enjoy sex etcetera. These forms of intollerance, suppressions and gender favouritism can hardly be called treat the others as you would like to be treated.

In the Indu religion they have the cast system that divides people in priviledged and underpriviledged.

The treat the others as you would like to be treated is found in those religions or aspect of religions such as Buddhism, Sufism and the Christianity of St Francis for instance that concentrate on the mystical side and also on the love of nature rather than in set of rigid rules and dogmas that suit some and not others and that often separate people and tend to put one against the other rather than uniting them.

2007-10-29 13:12:46 · answer #10 · answered by Rhyme and Reason 4 · 0 0

This is the ethic ascribed to in nearly all major religions, but how much you live by it is largely determined by pre-existing psychological factors. Ecclesiastical types (fundamentalists) tend to be very tribal in applying it, treating people like themselves well but outsiders poorly. (In Christianity Jesus explicitly breaks through this with the story of the Good Samaritan.)

2007-10-29 04:46:22 · answer #11 · answered by ledbetter 4 · 1 1

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