Ethics.

All religions have a code of ethics.

You cannot steal the blessing of God and not practise some kind of ethics.

"'The law and the prophets were in effect until John came, since then the good news of the kingdom of God is proclaimed, and everyone tries to enter it by force.  But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one stroke of a letter of the law to be dropped.'"  Luke 16:16,17 (NRSV)

Bad is the devil.

And black is the darkness.

But God is Light and He is Good.

"For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts higher then your thoughts."  Isaiah 55:9 (NRSV)

All religions practise some version of the golden rule:

"Do unto others as you would have them do unto you."

There is no black path.

God does not compromise.

He is transcendent - beyond sin and evil.

His Goodness is Supreme.

And His ethics are Eternal.

[Scripture quotations (marked NRSV) are taken from the New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright © 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A., and are used by permission.  All rights reserved.]

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