The June 26th letter to the editor titled "Commandments and beatitudes" offered a good idea. I would like to add another. How about the "Golden Rule" in classrooms? Teaching children the basic "treat others the way you would want to be treated" covers the whole gamut of don't kill, don't steal, etc. The added benefit is that it would touch all children in our schools no matter what faith tradition they are coming from.
When I taught World Religions classes to Catholics, I discovered that every religion's moral code has a "Golden Rule" that sounds much like the Christians. Examples: "Do not offend others as you would not wish to be offended" (Buddhism); "Not one of you will be a true believer who does not wish for his brother the same that he wishes for himself" (Islam)...etc. Imagine a classroom poster with these universal "Golden Rule" quotes from many religions. What unity and respect that could create!
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Sister Karen Berry, OSF
Midtown
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