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The golden rule can be found in many religions both before and after Christ's famous statement. It means if you treat other people as you yourself would like to be treated, everybody will be pleased.

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It means you should treat others the way you want them to treat

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"Do unto others as you would have others do unto you," often called "The Golden Rule," is actually a misquote of both instances where this teaching is recorded in the gospels. Here are the passages, from the New King James translation:

Matthew 7:12 -Therefore, whatever you want men to do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.

Luke 6:31 -And just as you want men to do to you, you also do to them likewise.

The teaching serves to help one fulfill the "second great commandment" - to love your neighbor as yourself (Matthew 22:39).

The misquote also diminishes the point of the teaching by replacing "whatever you want" (a strong, positive statement) with "as you would have" (a much weaker, neutral statement). This lends itself to the idea of "Don't treat people badly, because you don't want them to treat you badly," and lessens the teaching's true intent. For example: I see smoke coming from a neighbor's house. I didn't start the fire, so I didn't do anything bad to them…but if I go stand in the yard and watch their house burn instead of calling the fire department, I've failed to do for them what I would want them to do for me.

It's very significant that Jesus says "as you want men to do to you…" What do we want from others? That they not treat us badly? No, we want more than that…we want others to treat us well. We want someone to call the fire department if they see our house ablaze. We want someone to stop and help when our car breaks down. We want someone to comfort us when we're sad, to share our joy when we're happy, to be there when we're in need. Jesus taught that we first consider these things, then treat others accordingly. When you really think about it, it's an astonishing teaching. Jesus actually uses our selfish nature (that we want to be well-treated), and challenges us to reapply it to the way we treat others - not on a case-by-case basis, but as a way of life.

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It is actually do onto others as you would like them to do unto you. It means that you should treat people how you want them to treat you.

The Golden Rule is generally and deliberately misunderstood in Christendom. It is one of the keys to happiness, and it means "Do not do to other people what you don't like done to yourself."

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AnswerIt means you should do good things for others, without thought of reward, if you would like others to do good things for you. Do not do wrong to others unless you would willingly accept others doing wrong to you.
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Simply, treat others is you would want to be treated. For example, if you do not want to be called bad things... don't call others bad things.

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Essentially it means: Do to others as you would have others do to you.

For example, If you wish for people to treat you nicely, maybe you should treat people nicely.

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it means treat others as you would like to be treated. if you treat them with respect, they will respect you back. if you are mean to them, then they will be mean back. :D

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The Golden Rule - The answer is self-explanatory. Treat others as you would want to be traeated.

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This is a verse from The Bible, which means to treat ALL other people from all nations, regardless of their race, nationality, social status, etc., the way you would like to be treated.

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