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[quote=takoma]The great Rabbi Hillel, who lived a short time before Jesus, was challenged to teach the Torah standing on one foot.  He could have said Hear, oh Israel,  the Lord our God, the Lord is One.  Many would consider that the essence of monotheistic Judaism.  But instead, he chose the Golden Rule, in the slightly less onerous form of not doing to others what you would not want done to you.

You could say that he emphasized not God, but the Word of God.  Perhaps, as has been said by some here, God gives even us atheists His Word despite the fact that we don't believe in Him.  Maybe we atheists are really believers in John's opening line "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God."  The Word is the Golden Rule, and if you accept that you have all the God you need -- the Word IS God.

So let's stop fighting.  All who live by the Rule are believers.  Some need to personalize God, and some just accept Good.  By our deeds you should know us.[/quote]

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