These are among the highest of our human ideals and laudable in every regard. These are the values by which most of us live, and most of endeavour to inculcate in our children.
They are central values of my own faith as a Christian. But these values are not, however, uniquely Christian.
I live in good accord with friends, colleagues, and neighbours who both profess and practise identical values--and who are Jews, Hindus, Muslims, Buddhists, agnostics or atheists. We may all find different foundations for these values in our personal creeds (or lack thereof), but the values we practise are common to us all.
Or is it your contention--as your post implies--that non-Christians believe and advocate murder, theft, and hatred?
>>>I live in good accord with friends, colleagues, and neighbours who both profess and practise identical values--and who are Jews, Hindus, Muslims, Buddhists, agnostics or atheists. We may all find different foundations for these values in our personal creeds (or lack thereof), but the values we practise are common to us all.<<<
I see. You are a Moral Relativist.
>>>Or is it your contention--as your post implies--that non-Christians believe and advocate murder, theft, and hatred?<<<
It it your contention to take everything I write out of context?