Does Idolatry Violate the Golden Rule?

On Liberalism and Negative Theology

There are two versions of the Golden Rule:

1) Treat others as you would want to be treated. (positive)

2) Don’t treat others as you would not want to be treated. (negative)

There are, likewise, two versions of the ban on Idolatry:

1) I am the Lord your God. (positive)

2) You shall have no other Gods before me. (negative)

Nassim Taleb says that the negative fo…