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> On Mon 15 Aug 2005 09:00:01p, Uncle Sky<Uncle_Sky@home.alone.invalid>
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>> This was written because our resident Preacher never got around to it.
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>> Since we have had the Sunday funnies and the Sunday hymns, I guess
>> someone should give the sermon. SC is the logical choice but he is off
>> line for a while. So here I go. The resident atheist giving the
>> sermon. Hmmm.
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>> Today's lesson. The Golden Rule.
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>> "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you."
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>> When I was a child I was a Baptist. They were big on the golden rule
>> in Sunday School. I guess they thought it was simple enough for kids to
>> understand. We did but wondered why grownups didn't follow the rule.
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>> As I grew older I heard a lot about the rule. I also started to hear
>> all the "joke" versions. Not funny if you are religous. I noticed that
>> the adults were still not obeying the rule. I was getting older and so
>> I did not obey it either.
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>> When I grew to become an adult I changed my religous preference and
>> joined the Church Of Christ. Not much change really. They still
>> preached the rule and did not obey it.
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>> As time went by I decided I was an independent protestant. No
>> affiliation to any one denomination. I went to the Chapell on base
>> while in the military. Then I stopped going. I don't need a place to
>> worship was my thought. But I still believed in the golden rule. No one
>> seemed to be obeying it though.
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>> More time went by and I decided I was an agnostic. (not sure about
>> God). I read the Bible and listened to some preachers. But I was not
>> convinced. But there was the Golden Rule. It still sounded good but
>> was not practiced by many.
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>> After some thought I reached my present belief. There is no God. It
>> is a superstition that fills the needs of the human race to blame
>> someone else for what they don't understand. But there is still the
>> Golden Rule.
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>> I came across an article in my studies that listed the Golden Rule as
>> it is presented in every (yes every) organized religion. I was struck
>> by this. Here is an idea that goes beyond the teachings of any one
>> religion. It seems to permeate human society. All religions teach it
>> in some form and even atheists believe it is a good rule.
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>> Now I ask you to use your own minds and give this some thought. Why is
>> it that a rule so widely accepted by so many people is so widely
>> disregarded by so many people?
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>> This rule would solve so many of our problems on this earth. No one
>> speaks against it. Why can't we live by this rule just because it is
>> right? Not because some supernatural being of doubtful existence
>> decrees it. Because it is right. It could stop all the things preached
>> against. Stealing, murder, lying, cheating, war, hate, discrimination
>> and the list goes on.
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>> If we humans here on the planet earth could all obey this one rule it
>> would be eden for real.
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>> But the rule is still not followed by very many. I am no better than
>> others. I try to follow the rule but fail at times. I do not worry
>> about what it means for me after death. I do not believe there is an
>> afterlife.I worry more about the now. If I do not follow this one rule
>> what will others think of me? What can I think of myself?
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>> Think about it!
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>> Here ends the sermon for today. Go forth from this place in peace and
>> joy. And try (yes try) to obey the Golden Rule.
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