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'''''Forget Self-Help: Re-examining the Golden Rule''''' is a Christian non-fictional book written by [[Thomas Fellows (author)]] that examines the [[Golden Rule]] that can be found in Matthew 7:12. Fellows started the book at age twenty while he was a counselor at a summer camp in [[Mentone, Alabama]].<ref name="auto">Catts, Everett [https://www.mdjonline.com/neighbor_newspapers/northside_sandy_springs/morehouse-coached-by-westminster-alum-places-high-at-national-event/article_b2bd1cf8-a5f6-11e6-9473-13bbf8c8832f.html "Buckhead resident pens book on the golden rule."], "[[The Northside Neighbor]]" , 9 November 2017. Retrieved on 9 September 2019.</ref> Through weaving the characters of ''To Kill a Mockingbird'' and ''Uncle Tom's Cabin'', the personages of Robert E. Lee and Martin Luther King Jr., as well adding his own personal anecdotes, Fellows not only encourages the reader to follow the Golden Rule, but makes the claim that the Golden Rule is lost in modern-day Christianity.<ref name="auto3">Price, Donna. [https://www.americanpress.com/scene/book-s-message-help-yourself-by-helping-others/article_8826866a-ce21-11e7-9048-4f694661448e.html "Books message: Help yourself by helping others"], "[[American Press]]", 20 November 2017. Retrieved September 9 2016.</ref><ref name="auto4"> Garrison, Greg. [https://www.al.com/living/2018/02/golden_rule_needs_a_revival_sa.html "Golden rule needs a revival, Samford grad says"], "[[al.com]]", 5 March 2019. Retrieved September 9 2016.</ref> Some of the chapter titles include "Mercy is Power," "Becoming Christlike," "Loving our Enemies," and "Crying for Someone Other Than Yourself." <ref name="auto6"> Grossman, Mary Ann. [https://www.twincities.com/2018/07/01/thomas-fellows-looks-to-literature-in-his-examination-of-the-golden-rule "Thomas Fellows looks to literature in his examination of the golden rule"], "[[Pioneer Press]]", 1 July 2018. Retrieved 9 September 2019.</ref>
While the book is grounded in scripture, Fellows did not intend for the book to be solely meant for Christians, making the comment in the ''Newnan Times Herald'' that he "didn't just write it for Christians."<ref name="auto10"> Skinner, Winston. [http://times-herald.com/news/2018/02/fellows-re-examines-golden-rule "Fellows re-examines Golden Rule"], "[[The Newnan Times-Herald]]", 16 February 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2109.</ref> Additionally, in a review by Faye Daysen of the ''The Pilot'', she writes that "Fellows uses scripture, but doesn't hit readers over the head with it."<ref name="auto2"> Dasen, Faye. [https://www.thepilot.com/news/features/informative-fun-spring-reading-recomendations/article_c29dd1a4-22f4-11e8-87cc-7798b94ba885.html "Informative, Fun Spring Reading Recommendations"], "ThePilot.com", 10 March 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2019.</ref> In an ''al.com'' article, Fellows claims that reaching out to others with love is lost, quipping that "In the South, People are more focused on staying away from sin rather than doing God's will. The three biggies were save sex for marriage, don't drink, don't cuss. If you did those three things you were a good Christian."<ref
== Reception ==
In addition to the book being named one of twelve self-help books to read in 2018 by the ''Atlanta Journal-Constitution'',<ref name="auto8">Rhone, Nedra. [https://www.ajc.com/blog/talk-town/self-help-books-help-you-live-your-best-life-2018/Nt55bhCTX3hgxGIhkt2QUI/ "Self-help books to help you love your best life in 2018"] , "[[The Atlanta Journal-Constitution]]" , 10 January 2018. Retrieved 9 September 2019.</ref> it also was selected by the Georgia Radio Reading Service as a book to be recorded by audio so that visually impaired Georgians could hear the book.<ref>Ford, Clark Renee. [https://garrs.org/program-library/all-programs/?keyword=forget+self-help&selected-items=Title%2CAuthor%2CReader&sort-order=dateadded&posts-per-page=10&book-category-parent=&magazine-category-parent=&newspaper-category-parent=&programming-category-parent= "All Programs"], "[[GaRRS]]" , 11 September 2019. Retrieved on 11 September 2019.</ref> The book received widespread media attention in the South, being featured by five newspapers in Alabama, <ref> McCrary, Matthew. “Author Pens Focusing on Depression and Reassessing the Way You View and Experience Life.” ''The Western Star.'' November 22nd, 2017. Page 1.</ref> <ref> Vaughn, Jessica. "Between the pages: Forget Self-Help." ''The Baldwin Times.'' October 6th, 2017. Page 13. </ref> <ref>{{Cite news|title="Samford Grad Self-Help Book"|newspaper=[[Over The Mountain Journal]]|date=January 11th, 2018|p=6|url=https://issuu.com/otmj/docs/1.11.18|via=[[ISSUU]]}}</ref> <ref> [https://www.dothaneagle.com/enterprise_ledger/news/author-says-golden-rule-is-the-answer/article_0ebec45e-ad33-11e7-bbbf-9b3d53264bd3.html "Author Says Golden Rule Is the Answer"], 8 October 2017. Retrieved January 5th, 2020. </ref> <ref>Estes-Velez, Lauren [https://hartselleenquirer.com/2017/11/22/forget-self-help/ "Forget Self-Help"], "[[Hartselle Enquirer]]" 22 November 2017. Retrieved 11 September 2019.Page 2.</ref> one magazine<ref> Alston, Beth. Americus Magazine. Page 49. Winter 2018.</ref> and eight newspapers in Georgia, <ref
== Inclusion of Robert E. Lee ==
In an interview with Donna Price of the ''American Press'', when asked why he included both [[Robert E. Lee]] and [[Martin Luther King Jr.]] in the same book, Fellows remarked, “The reason I have both in my book is that I can see people of all races benefitting from both men. I believe that if they were both living today, they would have been fast friends. I have framed pictures of both Lee and King in my condo in Atlanta.” In the same interview, Fellows would go onto explain that reading Lee's quotes during his first depression benefitted him greatly. He also told Price that "he was convinced that (King) the most intelligent human being ever to live."<ref
Approximately one month after the [[Charlottesville car attack]], in an op-ed in ''The Westside Journal'', Fellows revealed Robert E. Lee's little-known stance on the confederate statues where, when declining an invitation to erect statues from the Gettysburg Battlefield Memorial Association, Lee said “I think it wiser not to keep open the sores of war, but to follow the examples of those nations who endeavoured to obliterate the marks of civil strife and to commit to oblivion the feelings it has engendered.” <ref>Williams, Cole. [https://www.thewestsidejournal.com/columns/living-out-the-golden-rule/article_3d41bd83-da84-51bf-bfa9-5c51130a40e3.html "By Thomas Fellows Author"], "[[The West Side Journal]]", 14 September 2017. Retrieved 4 2020.</ref> <ref>Thomas, Emory. ''Robert E. Lee: A Biography.'' W.W. Norton & Company. 1995. page 392. </ref> <ref> Boyette, Chris Actually, Robert E. Lee was against erecting Confederate memorials [https://www.cnn.com/2017/08/16/us/robert-e-lee-statues-letters-trnd/index.html Actually, Robert E. Lee was against erecting Confederate memorials], "[[cnn.com]]", August 17, 2017. Retrieved 4 January 2020.</ref> In the op-ed, Fellows later on would go on to say that, "I do agree with Lee in that we should take down all Confederate statues. I ultimately believe this because as white people, and as Atticus Finch would encourage us, we need to step into the skin of black people and realize why they might be offended by the statues still being there. We need to live out the [[Golden Rule]]."
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