About our February 10th, 2013 visit to the Salt Lake Buddhist Temple.
During the service the following item was read, as from article 10 of the Japanese Seventeen Article Constitution, by Shōtoku Taishi:
Let us cease from wrath, and refrain from angry looks. Nor let us be resentful when others differ from us. For all men have hearts, and each heart has its own leanings. Their right is our wrong, and our right is their wrong. We are not unquestionably sages, nor are they unquestionably fools. Both of us are simply ordinary men. How can any one lay down a rule by which to distinguish right from wrong? For we are all, one with another, wise and foolish, like a ring which has no end. Therefore, although others give way to anger, let us on the contrary dread our own faults, and though we alone may be in the right, let us follow the multitude and act like men.Shōtoku Taishi - authored in 604 and published in 720 CE
Also we have article 6:
Chastise that which is evil and encourage that which is good. This was the excellent rule of antiquity...
'How can any one lay down a rule by which to distinguish right from wrong?' - contrast that with the claim that we should '...Chastise that which is evil and encourage that which is good. This was the excellent rule of antiquity...' ?
Human morals come from a combination of socialization and genetics.
Additionally the preacher guy stated that people who come to his church from other religions should consider going back to their religions. How uneducated can a person be about what actually happens in other religions?
Related links:
lds.org : discover the perversity or Mormonism
http://jonathanshome.blogspot.com/2013/02/ldsorg-discover-perversity-or-mormonism.html
Rationalism, Naturalism, Cultural Relativism, and having an accurate view of the world
http://jonathanshome.blogspot.com/2012/12/rationalism-naturalism-cultural.html
atheist morality: response to Peter Singer, Moshe Averick: after birth abortions, infanticide, and human rights
http://jonathanshome.blogspot.com/2013/01/atheist-morality-response-to-peter.html
Salt Lake Buddhist Temple: http://www.slbuddhist.org
Japanese 17 article constitution: http://www.duhaime.org/LawMuseum/LawArticle-1182/604-The-Seventeen-Article-Constitution-of-Japan.aspx
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seventeen-article_constitution
Criticism of Buddhism: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Buddhism
Shōtoku Taishi:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Sh%C5%8Dtoku
http://www.buddhanet.net/nippon/nippon_partIII.html
