PRESENTATION OUTLINE
Becoming a 'Golden Loser'
'THE LAW IS A SHADOW OF WHAT IS TO COME' (HEBREWS 10)
Exodus 20 - 23
- Ceremony
- Justice and Mercy
- Social Responsibility
- Protection of Property
- Personal Injury
- Worship (cf Leviticus)
- Servants
- Language
- The Pattern of the Week
- Family Relationships
- Inner Thoughts and Intentions
GREEK PHILOSOPHY:
"Do not do to others that which would anger you if others did it to you."
Socrates
JUDAISM:
"What is hateful to you, do not to your fellow man. This is the law: all the rest is commentary."
Talmud, Shabbat 31a.
ISLAM:
"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.
HINDUISM:
"This is the sum of duty: do not do to others what would cause pain if done to you."
Mahabharata 5:1517
CONFUCIANISM
"Do not do to others what you do not want them to do to you"
Doctrine of the Mean
BUDDHISM
"Hurt not others in ways that you yourself would find hurtful."
Udana-Varga 5:18
The Golden Rule for Losers
The Ultimate 'Golden Loser'