[Poison Pill]

Good and evil are inherent in the human heart

Yes

because it was put there by God. Without God in the law, there are no moral absolutes.

By 500 BC, Confucius was preaching the "Golden Rule" exactly as we find in the Jewish/Christian tradition. In fact, his wording is almost verbatim to ours. He did not follow or worship any god in the Western sense. The God of Sinai is completely absent from that tradition.

[Blood of Tyrants]

You think that God’s influence was restricted to the area of ancient Israel?

[angryoldfatman]

By 500 BC, Confucius was preaching the “Golden Rule” exactly as we find in the Jewish/Christian tradition. In fact, his wording is almost verbatim to ours.

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Not really.

Confucious’s version of the Golden Rule was negative, as in what you should NOT do.

The Judeo-Christian version is positive, as in what you SHOULD do.

It can make for some very large differences in action.