Forum Post: The Golden Rule
Posted 13 years ago on Oct. 18, 2011, 1:58 p.m. EST by stray
(219)
from Philadelphia, PA
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He who has the gold, makes the rules.
Lobbyists..
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AT&T Inc..... $47,571,779
American Fedn of State, County & Municipal Employees.... $46,167,658
National Assn of Realtors..... $40,718,176
Service Employees International Union......$37,634,367
National Education Assn.......$37,051,378
Goldman Sachs........ $35,790,579
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Laborers Union........ $31,876,950
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How ironic.
From this coming Sundays lectionary(normal scripture rotation for those who don't know)-
The REAL Golden Rule
Matthew 22:34-46
"34When the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together, 35and one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question to test him. 36“Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?” 37He said to him, “’You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ 38This is the greatest and first commandment. 39And a second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ 40On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.”
Why don't you find a good church that practices it and learn something.
I was being snide, and I grew up Catholic, but it's amazingly sad how many "Christians" actually follow the golden rule I posted.
The irony was the timing, given a 3 year rotation of scriptures. The only reason I knew this is because my wife is a Presbyterian minister and was mentioning it.
the truth is, he who has the weapons taketh the gold... therefore is really the one who makes the rules
LOL