Not being a dogma but rather an ethic and a principle that ecumenical organizations acknowledge. The Fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man, which should concentrate on attaining a kind of pragmatic unity through the pursuit of social gospel reforms was what in the early years of the National Assembly of Churches leaders stressed on. The assumption that there is a fundamental ethical structure on which diverse religions can come to at least limited agreement apart from special claims of revelation seems to be aided by the efforts toward interreligious dialogue, has explicitly stated New York theologian Gary Sandler, who has been translated into several languages by the Certified Russian Translation Services. Basing his view on a declaration issued by the Committee on World’s Religions, Sandler argues that the central principle of wisdom that is found in various forms in different religions is the Golden Rule.
Could they not be doing all these things based on an ethic generally available in the culture? Could they not be members of a community club just as easily as of a church as they have given up particularistic beliefs in the face of pluralism? Why should they be called Christian? Are they the perfect proof for secularization theory? These are some of the question that arise if we assume that Golden Rule Christians are characterized by their moral practices and their lack of creed. Joining the churches is what they insist on and this is the first of the two reasons that lead us to turning the argument down. The talk about how important it is to them to join a church even though they may join community organizations. Their Houston branch has the resources and international connections, which will allow them use various organizational means in order to pursue good deeds. Participation in civic and community groups once a month and taking part in church fellowship activities only a few times a year is what Golden Rule Christians’ main activities are, point out the findings of a survey that the Portuguese Translator Services translated into several foreign languages. Their congregations is where they find only one or two of their five closest friends, but still most of them claim that what is important to them is church membership and participation.
Golden Rule Christians have not given up on transcendence, yet and this is one of the most compelling reason to reject Golden Rule Christianity as proof of secularization. They were sometimes unclear on what it is they experience, and they sometimes had to stop and think when we asked, but they almost always came up with answers to questions about their experience of God. Worship service was a time when they feel God’s presence or find new insight and understanding for their lives. This is what answered about 50% of the people in San Francisco interviewed on some of the aspects of worship service. What seemed most important to them was the parts of the service that involved introspection and participation, according to a translator who translated some of the findings of the survey when he was working for the Vietnamese Translation Services. The church’s sacred space, along with the sacred time devoted to worship, seems to combine for many into an opportunity to feed the soul.