Supposedly, every religion has the golden rule. The golden rule says to treat others as you would want to be treated. Mark 12: 31-34 and Luke 6:31. The problem is, many people don't want to be treated like you want to be treated. For example, when my husband was undergoing heart valve surgery, I requested prayers for him. I know that I would want all the prayers I could get. Not him, he was mortified. He said, "It's none of anyone's business!"
So, the Golden Rule isn't absolute.
Another way that Jesus summed up our duty as Christians is in Mark 12:30-31 where He says, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these.”
But who is your neighbor? My culture says everyone, but others think their neighbor is people in their tribe, only. How else would you explain the hutus and tutsis? Or Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland? The wars the Native Indigenous People had with each other?
In conclusion, the Golden Rule just doesn't fit all cultures. One rule doesn't apply to everyone.
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