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I see a lot in here about the Golden Rule, and the consensus seems to be that it is something we should all do. Now, if it is in fact a common sense principle that we should all follow, why? If the answer is because 'it is good for the group', does that mean that the only 'immoral' actions are those that are bad for the group? If you're eating an ice cream cone, and I knock it out of your hand and onto the ground, that would be considered an immoral action, but at the same time it isn't bad for the group. It's bad for YOU, but the group doesn't feel the consequences of that. So, if the Golden Rule tells us what we should and shouldn't do to each other, what defines the sense of good actions and bad actions? It has to be something, some being that has the authority to do so. And that being is God.
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