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sethnintendo on 04 September 2013
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binary solo said:
sethnintendo said:
binary solo said:
Well if you consider the 10 Commandments, which is the foundation of the laws of western civilisation you've got to think that's pretty big and has done the world a lot of good, if you consider the brutal and savage state of the world at the time those commandments were given.

But equally, Karma, or more appropriately the teachings of Krishna were the foundations of Eastern civilisation, which has also achieved a great deal in the world.

So it pretty much comes out even IMO.

It all derives from the same God anyway. So it's like asking what's done more good in society, laws or administration? They're both part of the same whole.

I'm pretty sure civilization came up with laws against stealing, murder, etc before Christianity even appeared.

Learn you religious history. It was Moses gave the 10 commandments, who was alive 1300-1600 years before Christ appeared. So yes, those laws came about before Christianity ever appeared. Your point?

To put that in context, Socrates the so called founder of Western philosophy was born about 470 years before Christianity appeared (about 900 years AFTER Moses gave the 10 commandments. The Roman republic was founded in 509BC, at least 800 years after Moses gave the 10 commandments.

Tutankhamun and Moses might have been alive at around the same time.

My point is even 1,000-2,000 years before Christ there were laws in place for civilizations against murder, stealing, etc.  The ten commandments didn't first introduce the idea of murder is bad, stealing is bad, etc.

I believe that Christianity and Karma borrow heavily from the Golden Rule.  Golden Rule appears to be more ancient of a philosophy taking place in ancient Babylon, China, Greece and a few other regions.  I don't really have a problem with the ten commandments (just perhaps a problem with the enforcement levels one should take for each misdeed).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Rule