I don’t think everyone agrees on what it’s supposed to even mean. if you want no mercy to be given to you should that mean that you shouldn’t give others mercy?
Fair point. Maybe it doesn’t work out so well for that guy, but for the 999/1000 people who don’t want to be murdered/tortured, “do unto others” probably ends up being a net positive versus “do whatever the fuck you want as long as you can get away with it”, which seems to be the direction a lot of “leaders” are going and dragging humanity into Hell alongside them
I don’t think everyone agrees on what it’s supposed to even mean. if you want no mercy to be given to you should that mean that you shouldn’t give others mercy?
Literally the opposite. If you want mercy, you should show mercy to others…
yes, but what if you don’t want mercy?
Fair point. Maybe it doesn’t work out so well for that guy, but for the 999/1000 people who don’t want to be murdered/tortured, “do unto others” probably ends up being a net positive versus “do whatever the fuck you want as long as you can get away with it”, which seems to be the direction a lot of “leaders” are going and dragging humanity into Hell alongside them