Thursday, March 08, 2007

I didn't like my third grade teacher.

But she did one thing that I think made a major difference in our lives. After we finished saying the Pledge of Allegiance each morning, she made us quote a Bible verse, "Do unto others as you would have others do unto you."

Well, actually, the full verse reads:
Matthew 7:12 (King James Version)

12Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.

That's the one I like, because it's aggressive. The NIV has the more passive: "...do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets."

There's nothing about taxes in there, though.

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