BERNIE: "What HE Said."

[kpete]

https://twitter.com/AndyMarlette/status/643471639724879872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

Said Sanders: “I am far, far from a perfect human being, but I am motivated by a vision which exists in all of the great religions — in Christianity, in Judaism, in Islam, Buddhism and other religions — and which is so beautifully and clearly stated in Matthew 7:12. And it states: ‘So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the law and the prophets.’ That is the golden rule. Do to others what you would have them do to you.”

He added: “It is not very complicated.”

http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2015/09/14/bernie-sanders-makes-rare-appeal-to-evangelicals-at-liberty-university/?_r=0

[daleanime]

1. Amen.....

[CTyankee]

2. He hit just the right note with that succinct statement. "nough said.

Bernie, I love you so much...

[Doctor_J]

3. What a great vision for the country

I still don't think he has a snowball's chance in Morocco of defeating HRC, but it would be nice

[retrowire]

4. dats my president. n/t

[Skwmom]

5. No, it isn't very complicated. n/t

[mountain grammy]

6. I too am motivated by a vision..

of a kinder America where the golden rule rules.

Now, there's a commercial for liberals!

[kelliekat44]

7. ++++1M nt

[dae]

8. Excellent idea!

Great post!

[allan01]

9. bing

also there is more . love thy neighbor as thy self . to the point mr sanders

[AlbertCat]

10. “It is not very complicated.”

It also does not involve a god or any kind of supernatural anything.


Unfortunately it can still be hard to accomplish.

[secondwind]

11. I loved when he talked about "the idolatry of money" and that "money is for serving not for saving"

[Tom_Foolery]

12. I've always considered myself to be a "Golden Rule" atheist...

Thank you, Senator Sanders!

[zeemike]

13. Well there is nothing particularly religious about the golden rule.

It is more logical than theological.

[Tom_Foolery]

14. I couldn't agree more...

It's always been a matter of common sense for me.

[hifiguy]

18. Some version of it exists in nearly every philosophical

or belief system. The xtians did not invent it.

Confucianism

"Do not impose on others what you do not wish for yourself." This was one of the guiding principles of life that Confucius taught his followers, five centuries before Jesus taught the Golden Rule with similar words.

Brahmanism

Brahmanism is a form of Hinduism, so perhaps this version of the Golden Rule applies to all forms of Hinduism, or perhaps not. The version of the Golden Rule in Brahmanism is, "This is the sum of duty: Do naught unto others which would cause you pain if done to you" (Mahabharata 5:5157).

This version of the Golden Rule is not actually telling us to do good to others, but only not to do bad to others.

Buddhism

In Buddhism, the Golden Rule is expressed this way: "Hurt not others in ways that you yourself would find hurtful" (Udana-Varga 5:18). Again, this version of the Golden Rule is not telling us to do good to others, but only not to hurt others.

Taoism

The Golden Rule in Taoism is expressed as, "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).

Like Islam, this version does not require doing good to others, although it does encourage not doing bad to others. It is a completely passive rule that speaks more to not being jealous or overly competitive than how you should actually treat your neighbor.

Zoroastrianism

In Zoroastrianism, the Golden Rule is expressed as, "That nature alone is good which refrains from doing unto another whatsoever is not good for itself" (Dadistan-i-dinik 94:5).

Like Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism and Confucianism, Zoroastrianism does not encourage doing good for others, it only encourages not doing bad to others.

Baha'i

The Baha'i version of the golden rule is, "Lay not on any soul a load that you would not wish to be laid upon you, and desire not for anyone the things you would not desire for yourself."

Like Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Confucianism and Zoroastrianism, this does not encourage doing good for others, only not doing bad to others.

I obtained this Baha'i version of the golden rule from a poster I found on bahaiforums.com. We had neglected to mention the Baha'i version of it until a reader wrote in requesting that we add the Baha'i golden rule to this list.

However, the reader had quoted a different text, "Deal ye one with another with the utmost love and harmony, with friendliness and fellowship ... So powerful is the light of unity that it can illuminate the whole earth."

Source:http://www.compassdistributors.ca/topics/golden.htm

[zeemike]

19. It's true, there is nothing new under the sun.

And it shows that there are some fundamental truths. and that is one when dealing with human nature and the human experience.
We error when we discount our human nature.

[hifiguy]

20. So much truth in your last sentence.

I was born one of nature's skeptics and can never be a utopian, because I know human nature must always be taken into account. And human nature is a mixed bag of good and bad impulses.

"Politics is the search for proximate solutions to insoluble problems." - Reinhold Niebuhr

[0rganism]

21. here's a version from western Rationalism

Immanuel Kant, Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals:
"Act only according to that maxim whereby you can, at the same time, will that it should become a universal law."
(also known as the "Categorical Imperative&quot

[hifiguy]

23. Excellent!

Nice catch!

[Fawke Em]

15. All I know is that he's hit the establishment in the solar plexus with this.

My Twitter is filled with attacks on him from the right and the middle-of-the-road Dems.

And, the criticisms are juvenile and/or easy to refute.

Been doing it most of the morning.

[AwakeAtLast]

16. I want that on a T-shirt

Second time I have posted that this week.

[WillyT]

17. HUGE K & R !!! - THANK YOU !!!

[Uncle Joe]

22. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, kpete.