Judge your fellow man, or woman, by the Golden Rule, not by the gold standard.

The Golden Rule is Universal!

The methods or lessons may vary according to the culture,
but the sin of pride,
the moral teachings of “the Golden Rule,”
the spiritual conflict of good against evil,
and an afterlife where man will finally find justice,
can be found in every major religion.

The Golden Rule is at the heart of spiritual maturity!

Let’s Have a Golden Rule Week!

“Men will wrangle for religion, write for it, fight for it, die for it,
anything but live for it.” - Charles Caleb Cotton

Today, it pains me to see these sometimes very heated debates regarding morality, the Ten Commandments and government. Even the evolutionists can hold hands with the concept that we are all endeavoring to become a little better today then we were yesterday. It seems that if they were really interested in teaching morality, but the reference to GOD in the first four commandments make some people nervous, then at the very least, we could all agree on promoting the Golden Rule. Every religion has one, and they essentially all say the same Divine message. But they can’t even agree on that – go figure.

In our Judeo-Christian culture the Golden Rule begins in ancient times, when a rabbi was challenged by a royal skeptic to teach him the Torah while standing on one foot. The quick-witted Rabbi Hillel responded, while holding up his foot, “What is hateful to yourself do not do to another. This is the whole Torah, go and study it, the rest is commentary.”

Later in time, recorded in Matthew 22:37-40, another famous rabbi, called Yahshua (commonly known as Jesus of Nazareth), would quote Deuteronomy 6:5 and Leviticus 19:18 while summarizing the Laws of the Kingdom in much the same way, it became known as the Golden Rule, “...You shall love your neighbor as yourself...”

Teach your children the Golden Rule

and the world will thank you.

The Holy Bible

"You shall not take vengeance,
nor bear any grudge against the children of your people,
but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the LORD."
-YHWH, Leviticus 19:18

"Therefore, whatever you want men to do to you, do also to them,
for this is the Law and the Prophets." -Yahshua, Matthew 7:12

"...You shall love your neighbor as yourself." -Yahshua, Matthew 22:39

Bahá’í

"Blessed is he who preferreth his brother before himself. "
-Bahá’u’lláh, Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh, 71

Buddhism

"Hurt not others in ways that you yourself would find hurtful."
-Udana-Varga, 5:18

Christianity

"For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this:
“You shall love your neighbor as yourself." -Apostle Paul, Galatians 5:14

Confucianism

"Do not unto others what you would not have them do unto you."
-Analects 15:23

Hinduism

"This is the sum of duty: Do naught unto others which would cause you pain
if done to you." -Mahabharata 5:1517

Islam

"No one of you is a believer until he desires for his brother
that which he desires for himself." -Sunnab

Jainism

"In happiness and suffering, in joy and grief, we should regard all creatures
as we regard our own self." -Lord Mahavir 24^th Tirthankara

Judaism

"What is hateful to you, do not to your fellow man.
That is the entire law: all the rest is commentary." -Talmud, Shabbat 31a

Native American

"Respect for all life is the foundation." -The Great Law of Peace

Sikhism

"Do not create enmity with anyone as God is within everyone."
-Guru Arjan Devji 259. Guru Granth Sahib

Utilitarianism

"To do as one would be done by, and to love one’s neighbor as one’s self,
constitute the ideal perfection of utilitarian morality." -John Stuart Mill

Zoroastrianism

"That nature only is good when it shall not do unto another
whatever is not good for its own self." -Dadistan-i-Dinik, 94:5

Notable Quotes

“We should behave to friends as we would wish friends to behave to us.” - Aristotle

“Do not do to others what would anger you if done to you by others.” - Socrates

“Every man takes care that his neighbor does not cheat him.
But the day comes when he begins to care that he does not cheat his neighbor.
Then all goes well." – Ralph Waldo Emerson
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"The Golden Rule would reconcile capitol and labor,
all political contention and uproar, all selfishness and greed.” - Joseph Parker

Links for More Golden Rule Info...

> The Committee For The Golden Rule: http://patriot.net/~bmcgin/golden.html
> The Golden Rule Foundation: http://www.dountoothers.net/
> Shared Belief in the Golden Rule: http://www.religioustolerance.org/reciproc.htm

Editors' note: Scripture quotations are from the New King James Version of the Holy Bible.

Last modified: February 18, 2011

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The Golden Rule is Universal!

Let’s Have a Golden Rule Week!