Here they are: You shall not bear hatred for your brother in your heart. Though you may have to reprove your fellow man, do not incur sin because of him. Take no revenge and cherish no grudge against your fellow countrymen. You shall love your neighbor as yourself. I am the Lord.
Yahweh does not permit his people to hate others, lest in so loathing another, friend or enemy, the hater sins against God, his neighbor and himself.
If I may extend this logic in line of Mavellonialist egoism, if one is not permitted to hate others, one is not permitted to hate oneself or God even. Hating any, including the self, is a sin that Yahweh will punish.
If one loves God, one esteems and loves the self. If one indivduates, one really loves the self, and secondarily is much more giving and energized in loving God and all other people.
You are to love your neighbor as yourself--therefore altruism grows out of a healthy, sensible egoism. This version of the Golden Rule actually works and bind people for live--even into the next world.
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