It has been a busy day, out and about, so I have only this reflection for the day.
Jesus needed footnotes.
When he said "And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise." (Luke 6:31) He really needed to footnote that one.
Christian apologists say this rendering of the universal 'Golden Rule' by Jesus is far superior to all the other renderings of other faiths because it is a 'positive commandment'. It does not say what not to do, but what to do. That makes the need for a bit of explanation by Jesus a must, and it also shows a remarkable lack of insight for an omniscient 'God'.
What if one is a masochist? What if one is into kinky sex? What if one is a body hating ascetic? What are they going to do unto others, so that the same will be done unto them? One could see that this could lead to all kinds of odd happenings.
Just a thought.
Tim
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