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Thus, we could conclude that upon seeing the golden rule as a good ploy, some cynical power mongers among us would use the golden rule as a basis for a religion that claims:
"God exists. He wants us to do unto others as we'd do unto ourselves."
--So do it, under my instructions as your high priest.

That's the point I'm making. You can do that with any tenet. You can rationalize anything.

Funny indeed, -- as you just rationalized using my point as your own..

If we make human wisdom the absolute authority we can justify killing babies because there are too many people.

'We' do? - Maybe you see that as rational thinking, -- but I can't imagine why..

We can experiment on the socially marginal such as the Tuskeegee study or the Nazi death camps.

Again you say 'we'? I deny any connection to such irrational cultism.

We can justify ignoring the pain and suffering of others.

I don't, why do you?

And we can claim that the words in our Constitution didn't mean what the Founders said they meant.

Yep, you do that consistantly in your effort to control others beliefs/actions in a 'constitutional' fashion..

We end up with a nightmare.

Of course you do. - You profess a philosophy you aren't in actuality following. Must be hell to be so self-conflicted.