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Love thy neighbor as much as thyself
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oldbadger
Skanky Old Mongrel!
You title yourself as Catholic..... but the above reads as if you believe somethinh quite different. True?
I expect that most Catholics do rather cling to St Paul's faith. Are you a Catholic?
Kilgore Trout
Misanthropic Humanist
I used to have a hot neighbor who liked to sunbathe topless durring the summer.
I totally loved her.
I totally loved her.
It would be a nice rule for my neighbors to practice.
But I value myself over them.
I do try to keep as much love and compassion for everything, since everything was supposedly good from the beginning. Certainly not always easy, their is a lot of wickedness out there.
St Paul didn't practive that rule which is the spirit of law, meaning he didn't get it.
While jesus had something different to say. When people need help give it to them.
Let's test this.
Suppose you are with your child and a stranger on a plane. The plane is crashing and there is only one parachute.
Are you going to throw coins to decide who survives?
Ciao
- viole
Well, I am not afraid of death. I would ask the stranger to save my child. If he wants to save himself, I wouldn't blame him.
I would die serenely hugging my child. Death doesn't scare me.
People should be afraid of Hell, not of death
roger1440
I do stuff
Someone would be needed to test the safety of the parachute. I would volunteer myself. You dont have to thank me. Thats just the kind of guy I am.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_u1cbZTwBx4
oldbadger
Skanky Old Mongrel!
This is very noble (although I doubt the child would agree). But is it moral? I doubt it.
The logical consequence of this noble behavior is the natural selection of selfish individuals. The ones who don't care about hell. For, if everybody believed in hell, you would not need the golden rule to start with. And this golden rule should be useful here, not in heaven or hell.
So, we end up with a world where all the noble ones are extinct.
I don't think that this will lead to a better, earthly world. You need more. i am afraid.
Ciao
- viole
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Is body eternal ? No it is not. So death is unavoidable, we all shall die, sooner or later.
The difference is that the good will go to Heaven, whereas the wicked will go to Hell.
How much doing good gets a person to heaven?
Matthew 10:42
And if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones who is my disciple, truly I tell you, that person will certainly not lose their reward.
How much doing bad gets a person to hell?
Matthew 18:6
If anyone causes one of these little ones--those who believe in me--to stumble, it would be better for them to have a large millstone hung around their neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.
roger1440
I do stuff
Are you implying our actions should be determined by the hope of attaining heaven after we die?
CMike
Well-Known Member
Other faiths and cultures have a variation of this rule. It could be a good thing: To treat others the way you want to be treated. It can also be abused, as well (imagine a masochist treating someone they he/she wants to be treated, for example).
I try to put into practice, for the most part, I don't alway succeed as some days I am not in the best mood or something or someone rubs me the wrong (which really doesn't happen very often).
Mycroft
Ministry of Serendipity
I think it also applies to homosexuals. Maybe you should remember that.
The future.