I'm about 90 percent atheist. I also have 100 percent faith in the teachings of Jesus. That's not a contradiction; it's a recognition. We don't have to believe in miracles to recognize that the core of what Jesus taught is the most important truth humanity has ever known: We’re all neighbors in an interconnected world, and we are to love one another as we love ourselves.

Jesus wasn't the only one to teach this truth, and the fact that so many teachers arrived at the same truth independently only deepens the recognition that we are all interconnected.

Right now, somewhere on Earth, neighbors are killing neighbors. It is happening as we read this. And every time, both sides believe they are in the right. Both sides believe God is on their side. Both sides believe they are “the Good Guys.”

Here is the question nobody is asking: What if war is not a failure of strategy, diplomacy, or intelligence? What if war is a failure to live the Golden Rule?

The word "sin" comes from the Greek term hamartia, meaning to miss the mark or miss the target. So what is the target? What is the Bullseye of Life?

Every major wisdom tradition arrived at the same answer independently.

"Love your neighbor as yourself." –Jesus

"Do not hurt others in ways that you yourself would find hurtful." –the Buddha

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