Ref ur quote-

The verse is spoken by Jesus Christ in his teachings and not Luke. Luke is the one who recorded it in his Gospel in the New Testament.

the problem lies with us. fair and square. lets not blame the TOI. if TOI believes, in its typical blustery fashion, that it will try to be the goodwill ambassador of the nation, its certainly free to do so. but something tells me, that they know enough about the typical Indian psyche, that gives them the amazing confidence to set about doing whatever they are doing.

needless to say, i do not agree with Luke or his more modern disciples like Gandhi or Nehru. the reason being, the line ‘Do to others as you would have them do to you’ never really works. one just has to read world history to know the fallacy of this idea.

Bro, you seem like a reasonable chap and this gives me hope that peace will prevail in this world. My sincere hope is that we will all live together in harmony, but the sad reality speaks otherwise. But can I be honest with you? Let us not be in denial that the roots of this hatred can be traced back to 7th century Arabia. When the people of a country make heroes out of Ghaznavi, Ghori and Aurangzeb – the very same tyrants who murdered, enslaved and raped their own ancestors in millions – then you know how screwed up their mindsets are. Until we remove this Ghazawat-mentality arising from the Arabian sands, we may be unable to embrace each other and live together in peace.