What happened to the golden rule?
I’ve started reflecting recently on the passage in scripture where Jesus says that towards the end of the world “the love of many will grow cold”. I’ve realized that I don’t hear anyone reference the golden rule hardly at all anymore. The modern narrative is not to treat others the way you want to be treated, but to treat people how they deserve (which essentially sets each person up as judge and jury in the court of public opinion). I know I personally can be a bit too idealistic, but I do actually believe that being a good person to mean people is still an incredibly good thing, and that it’s an authentic expression of our own character as well as the only real way to overcome evil (that’s not to say tolerate maltreatment in any lasting way, but to simply have it end with us without returning it to the offender). I fear that the world is losing its humanity at an alarming speed. Am I overreacting, or do others here feel this way as well? And, how can we make any lasting impact to improve things beyond praying for peace and unity?