Difference between revisions of "Talk:Golden Rule"
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::I am no longer on wikipedia, so I don't think so. sorry, but I did source two of those quotes. If you'd like, I'd be happy to remove the information until the matter is resolved. [[User:Flippin|Flippin]] 12:33, 17 April 2007 (EDT) | ::I am no longer on wikipedia, so I don't think so. sorry, but I did source two of those quotes. If you'd like, I'd be happy to remove the information until the matter is resolved. [[User:Flippin|Flippin]] 12:33, 17 April 2007 (EDT) | ||
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== What is the problem, exactly? == | == What is the problem, exactly? == | ||
"Do unto others as you would have them do unto you." — Jesus (c. 5 BC—33 AD) in the Gospels I thought this was pretty clear: don't hurt people because YOU don't want to be hurt. So, slowly, can you explain your issue? [[User:Flippin|Flippin]] 12:26, 17 April 2007 (EDT) | "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you." — Jesus (c. 5 BC—33 AD) in the Gospels I thought this was pretty clear: don't hurt people because YOU don't want to be hurt. So, slowly, can you explain your issue? [[User:Flippin|Flippin]] 12:26, 17 April 2007 (EDT) | ||
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Not meaning to be disrespectful, but this article seems very out of place on an encyclopedia. "The Golden Rule" seems like a fairly childish idea, and is pure PoV. Does this article need to exist, or should there not be a disclaimer paragraph at the top, such as the one found at the top of "Essay" pages? MatteeNeutra 12:09, 17 April 2007 (EDT)
How is it POV? It has supporting quotes. Flippin 12:17, 17 April 2007 (EDT)
- I am the most important person in the world
- "MatteeNeutra is the most important person in the world" - MatteeNeutra's Mum
- Does that make it a fact that I am the most important person in the world? MatteeNeutra 12:21, 17 April 2007 (EDT)
There aren't any point-of-view problems here. MatteeNeutra is believes that facts about opinions are automatically non-neutral because they are about opinions. That's incorrect.
The article paraphrases the Golden Rule, and the reader can judge the accuracy of that paraphrase. It states that a version of the Golden Rule is found throughout religious history and supports that statement with example. It contains one questionable sentence, the one beginning "many consider," but I have very little doubt that statement could be supported. The difficulty would be finding anyone except George Bernard Shaw who would challenge it.
The real problem, though, is that this material is essentially copied from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethic_of_reciprocity Dpbsmith 12:25, 17 April 2007 (EDT)
That might be because I worked on it there, too. Flippin 12:27, 17 April 2007 (EDT)
- Is there any way you can document that? You probably should have said something about it here when you created the page.... It's not at all obvious from the edit history at Wikipedia. Dpbsmith 12:31, 17 April 2007 (EDT)
- I am no longer on wikipedia, so I don't think so. sorry, but I did source two of those quotes. If you'd like, I'd be happy to remove the information until the matter is resolved. Flippin 12:33, 17 April 2007 (EDT)
What is the problem, exactly?
"Do unto others as you would have them do unto you." — Jesus (c. 5 BC—33 AD) in the Gospels I thought this was pretty clear: don't hurt people because YOU don't want to be hurt. So, slowly, can you explain your issue? Flippin 12:26, 17 April 2007 (EDT)
