Shoot. A good portion of The Sermon of the Mount is Jesus saying "Don't be a dick." I'm always a bit nervous talking about scripture and such, but Matthew 7:1-5 kind of directly addresses this whole thing. There's a writing by Baha'u'llah that touches on some very similar themes that I read from time to time, because I like it.

What's really interesting is that the concept of "Don't be a dick" can sometimes be a bit overwhelming when you think of everything that philosophy entails. No one can do it. Period. But the desire to be as little of a dick as possible should be there and I think for most people, it really is.

Personally, sometimes I think people have the wrong view of religion. When people think of religion as "Don't do this. Don't do that. This is bad. This is wrong," all they'll focus on is how people, including them, fall short. I'd like to think that maybe if people think of religion as "Look at all of these wonderful things we're encouraged and empowered to do," there'd be a lot more positive focus and definitely more acceptance and inclusion, though it still wouldn't always be easy.