Clash of Culture in Canada

I went to public school. In those days excerpts were read from the Bible but were not taught from a particular religious perspective. When I was in grade 10, my English teacher talked about God and perfection. He told us that only God is perfect. We will never be perfect, he said, but we can aspire to perfection by trying to live up to the high expectations of ethical monotheism, the underpinnings of Western civilization: we are all created equal and we are to care for "the other." Sounds simple, but we have a long way to go. We are blessed to live in a culture that teaches "Love and Life" and the need to balance personal rights with public responsibilities so beautifully summed up by the words of Rabbi Hillel.... Hillel says, "If I am not for myself, who will be for me? But if I am only for myself, who am I? If not now, when?" Ethics of the Fathers, 1:14

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