My Dear Rich,
You ask:
"Do to others as you'd do to yourself?"

If all chose to enforce God's law(s) upon themselves as individuals there would be no need for law enforcers.

I have found that If I do unto others what I do to myself then I would be guilty of committing torture for I do torture myself in to submission unto Allah (God) because there are so many inequities that pass before my presence through every day life that only the learned are blessed not to follow or be trapped by and the same learned ones practically commit suicide daily by endlessly crying on the inside because of the purity found in their heart.
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You ask:
"Isn't that all you need in life for justice and righteousness?"

Unfortunately those of the learned who practice that which you suggest are called by another name. They are called fundamentalists or extremists because they impose on others what they impose on themselves. Please do not mistake hypocrites with fundamentalists. The likes of fugitives such as Binladin are called fundamentalists and the likes of Saddam Hussein are called hypocrites because there is a difference!

As ever Peace,
Jisbond

• Who said anything about god? - richard - September 10, 2001 - 11:43 UTC
  • OURSELVES- That's what we have left - maxwildaisy - September 10, 2001 - 13:17 UTC
  • With God we have a hope that disbelievers have not. - jisbond - September 10, 2001 - 14:12 UTC
    • Oh, I get it. - richard - September 10, 2001 - 16:30 UTC
      • Allah is infinitely able to requite all wrongs - jisbond - September 11, 2001 - 06:11 UTC
• Do on to other's as you would like them to do onto you... - maxwildaisy - September 10, 2001 - 13:01 UTC
  • We are still animals in genes. - alexander - September 10, 2001 - 14:09 UTC
    • Perhaps heaven and Hell are nearer .... - jisbond - September 10, 2001 - 14:24 UTC
    • I don't know... - stormcrow - September 10, 2001 - 17:07 UTC
      • How else we can get rid of bad self-preservation genes? - alexander - September 10, 2001 - 17:51 UTC
        • The consequences would be too great - stormcrow - September 10, 2001 - 19:01 UTC
          • Of course, may. Genes are interconnected and feedbacked. - alexander - September 10, 2001 - 19:19 UTC
            • without God's sustenance ..... - jisbond - September 11, 2001 - 06:25 UTC
        • Perhaps by making ourselves .... - jisbond - September 11, 2001 - 06:20 UTC