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The Golden Rule of Humanity
From Will at The Other News:
- The Quran's Last Word On Non-muslims
AS YOU probably know, some verses of the Quran have been abrogated. The abrogation principle basically says that when something from a later chapter (known as a sura) conflicts with something from an earlier chapter, the later one is the better one. Have...
- An Ethical Basis For War Against Political Islam: Part 1
An excellent analysis by Bill Warner from Political Islam on the ethics, the golden rule and the humanitarian perspective which is in stark contrast to the Islamic ideology and belief which posses none such notions – It is important to know how a political...
- The Islamic Golden Rule: A Formula For Totalitarianism
The Muslims Make the Rules Islam twists everything up into surreal webs of logic from which no man can escape with his soul. Observe, the Islamic Golden Rule: In his Last Sermon, the Prophet Muhammad admonished believers: "Hurt no one so that no one may...
- The Pc Commandments For Islam
Hat tip to Athos: 1. Thou shalt not judge Islam by the deeds of prophet Muhammad 2. Thou shalt not judge Islam by the contents of Quran 3. Thou shalt not judge Islam by the Sharia law 4. Thou shalt not judge Islam by the preaches of Imams 5. Thou shalt...
- The Term "human Being" Has No Meaning In Islam
From Front Page Magazine comes an interview with Bill Warner the head of the Center for the Study of Political Islam (thanks to Religion of Pieces): FP: Why, in your view, is there so much ignorance about the history and doctrine of political Islam in...
Green Energy
The Golden Rule of Humanity
From Will at The Other News:
Ancient Egyptian: “Do for one who may do for you, that you may cause him thus to do.” The Tale of the Eloquent Peasant, 109 – 110 Translated by R.B. Parkinson. The original dates to 1970 to 1640 BCE and may be the earliest version ever written.
Bahá’í Faith: “Choose thou for thy neighbour that which thou choosest for thyself.” Epistle to the Son of the Wolf
Brahmanism: “This is the sum of duty: Do naught unto others which would cause you pain if done to you”. Mahabharata, 5:1517
Buddhism: “…a state that is not pleasing or delightful to me, how could I inflict that upon another?” Samyutta NIkaya v. 35.
Hurt not others in ways that you yourself would find hurtful.” Udana-Varga 5:18
Christianity: “Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.” Matthew 7:12, King James Version.
“And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.” Luke 6:31, King James Version.
“…and don’t do what you hate…” Gospel of Thomas 6.
Confucianism: ”Do not do to others what you do not want them to do to you” Analects 15:23
“Ze-Gong asked, ‘Is there one word that can serve as a principle of conduct for life?’ Confucius replied, ‘It is the word ‘xu’ — reciprocity. Do not impose on others what you yourself do not desire.’” Doctrine of the Mean 13.3
“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
Hinduism: “One should not behave towards others in a way which is disagreeable to oneself.” Mencius Vii.A.4
“This is the sum of the Dharma [duty]: do naught unto others which would cause you pain if done to you.” Mahabharata 5:1517
Humanism: “(5) Humanists acknowledge human interdependence, the need for mutual respect and the kinship of all humanity.”
“Don’t do things you wouldn’t want to have done to you, British Humanist Society.
Jainism: “In happiness and suffering, in joy and grief, we should regard all creatures as we regard our own self.” Lord Mahavira, 24th Tirthankara
“A man should wander about treating all creatures as he himself would be treated. “Sutrakritanga 1.11.33
Judaism: “…thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.”, Leviticus 19:18
“What is hateful to you, do not to your fellow man. This is the law: all the rest is commentary.” Talmud, Shabbat 31a.
“And what you hate, do not do to any one.” Tobit 4:15
Native American Spirituality: “All things are our relatives; what we do to everything, we do to ourselves. All is really One.” Black Elk
Roman Pagan Religion: “The law imprinted on the hearts of all men is to love the members of society as themselves.”
Shinto: “The heart of the person before you is a mirror. See there your own form”
Sikhism: “Don’t create enmity with anyone as God is within everyone.” Guru Arjan Devji 259
Taoism: “Regard your neighbor’s gain as your own gain, and your neighbor’s loss as your own loss.” T’ai Shang Kan Ying P’ien.
Wicca: “And it harm no one, do what thou wilt” (i.e. do what ever you will, as long as it harms nobody, including yourself). One’s will is to be carefully thought out in advance of action. This is called the Wiccan Rede
Yoruba: ( Nigeria ): “One going to take a pointed stick to pinch a baby bird should first try it on himself to feel how it hurts.”
Zoroastrianism: “That nature alone is good which refrains from doing unto another whatsoever is not good for itself”. Dadistan-i-dinik 94:5
“Whatever is disagreeable to yourself do not do unto others.” Shayast-na-Shayast 13:29
Plato: “May I do to others as I would that they should do unto me.” ( Greece ; 4th century BCE)
Socrates: “Do not do to others that which would anger you if others did it to you.” ( Greece ; 5th century BCE)
Seneca: “Treat your inferiors as you would be treated by your superiors,” Epistle 47:11 ( Rome ; 1st century CE)
- Islam is the only religion that does not adhere to the Golden Rule. The closest that Islam comes to this principle is a hadith that says
“None of you [truly] believes until he wishes for his brother what he wishes for himself.” Number 13 of Imam “Al-Nawawi’s Forty Hadiths.”
This brotherhood however does not extend to everyone. Quran (9:23) states that the believers should not take for friends and protectors (awlia) their fathers and brothers if they love Infidelity above Islam. In fact there are many verses that tell the Muslims to kill the unbelievers and be harsh with them. A clear example that Islam is not based on the Golden Rule is the verse (48:29) It says: “Muhammad is the messenger of Allah; and those who are with him are strong against Unbelievers, (but) compassionate amongst each other.” There are many other verses that show the brotherhood in Islam is not universal. The rest of mankind have no rights and should not be treated in the same way that Muslims are to be treated. The entire Quran is the breach of the Golden Rule. Quran tells Muslims to slay the unbelievers wherever they find them (2:191), do not befriend them (3:28), fight them and show them harshness (9:123), and smite their heads (47:4). Source.
- The Quran's Last Word On Non-muslims
AS YOU probably know, some verses of the Quran have been abrogated. The abrogation principle basically says that when something from a later chapter (known as a sura) conflicts with something from an earlier chapter, the later one is the better one. Have...
- An Ethical Basis For War Against Political Islam: Part 1
An excellent analysis by Bill Warner from Political Islam on the ethics, the golden rule and the humanitarian perspective which is in stark contrast to the Islamic ideology and belief which posses none such notions – It is important to know how a political...
- The Islamic Golden Rule: A Formula For Totalitarianism
The Muslims Make the Rules Islam twists everything up into surreal webs of logic from which no man can escape with his soul. Observe, the Islamic Golden Rule: In his Last Sermon, the Prophet Muhammad admonished believers: "Hurt no one so that no one may...
- The Pc Commandments For Islam
Hat tip to Athos: 1. Thou shalt not judge Islam by the deeds of prophet Muhammad 2. Thou shalt not judge Islam by the contents of Quran 3. Thou shalt not judge Islam by the Sharia law 4. Thou shalt not judge Islam by the preaches of Imams 5. Thou shalt...
- The Term "human Being" Has No Meaning In Islam
From Front Page Magazine comes an interview with Bill Warner the head of the Center for the Study of Political Islam (thanks to Religion of Pieces): FP: Why, in your view, is there so much ignorance about the history and doctrine of political Islam in...