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Re: War & Religion are inexorably linked in history and in their conception. [Re: dionysiandame]
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dionysiandame said: "religion is all about one thing...segregation"
The average person joins a religion for a) communion with the divine in whatever form that divinity takes for them and b) a sense of community and fellowship. The essence of MOST religions lies in the roots of creating lifelong bonds with fellow worshipers though this doesn't mean they're exclusive or segregated at all. Considering all of the Hindu festivals and Pujas I get invited to by coworkers who are just acquaintances, I can attest to that from first hand experience. The idea of sharing an experience is a fundamental facet of many religions save closed/initiatory ones and even initiatory religions have rituals that are more "open" to the general population.
As far as "religion causing war", yes it has. It's also caused art, poetry, great literature, exploration into the human condition, scientific discovery, radical political movements, safe havens, and adoptive families for those who have none.
all true.
though i don't quite think that was the intention.
the hordes had religion...slaves had religions, masters had religions.
all were devised to keep bond with one another OVER the bond of people's far-off. THAT's where the bond is, the keeping ties with 'your home's people' and not 'going off over yonder to those other people'. the roots of religion ARE roots. thus why it has created war...among other things; especially among progressives.
but perhaps i have the pretense wrong, however, the war thereof (among other things) had sprung from the very roots of religion, for reasons better or worse.
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Re: War & Religion are inexorably linked in history and in their conception. [Re: SunnyD]
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akira_akuma said: religion is all about one thing...segregation.
which religion?
Christianity for example Homosexual hate in the bible etc
if you dont believe in the bible your a heaven to a Christian a form of hateful segregation
so it's always about bashing christianity
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Re: War & Religion are inexorably linked in history and in their conception. [Re: akira_akuma]
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There is a major difference between abrahamic monotheism and eastern religions such as Hinduism, Buddhism and Taoism, Jainism. Etc.
Usually when people criticize religion they are actually referring to abrahamic monotheism and the criticisms usually apply far less if at all to eastern religion.
It is also a historical fact that more people have been killed or murdered by atheist regimes then by religion And that secular powers have been responsible for more conflict then religious ones.
Most people Assume that religion is the cause of all historical wars but objective studies have proved truly religious wars have been rare in history and Atheist regime a have been far bloodier than theocracies.
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Re: War & Religion are inexorably linked in history and in their conception. [Re: akira_akuma] 1
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akira_akuma said: religion is all about one thing...segregation.
which religion?
all of the ones about God. all of the ones involving an afterlife. all of the ones of involution.
for instance...Discordianism isn't a religion that's involution is war.
nice point though, Prisoner. alot of things can be someone's religion.
so since the buddhists have no god, this shouldnt be an issue because you know, religions of peace and all that




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Re: War & Religion are inexorably linked in history and in their conception. [Re: Moonshoe]
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well, the common bonds of men are explicit in religion, i'd say, even Eastern religion, including the Vedic religions (they had to apparently wait for their word from God, as they were still warring in hordes for a very long run and also: see: Federation of Indian Rationalist Associations for how a "warring ideology" in their political systems still provides for conflict) and Buddhism (look at Burma); Taoism, Sikhism, Jainism are pretty extraneous in the regard to war, however, but i don't put it past practitioners to fight for their religion if it really came down to it to protect their religion's right to exist, which as a religion, they are privy to if another's "group" wants to come and smash down on them.
perhaps i should have specified 'theocracies' induce symptoms "of war", rather than lump all religions into one, but i still think you're overlooking that even the most peaceful religions have had to be fought for...and if there were no religions, then people wouldn't be fighting over them (!), right?
same goes with governments of any sort.
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so since the buddhists have no god, this shouldnt be an issue because you know, religions of peace and all that
see above; and i also mentioned the belief in an afterlife or to have any belief structure or concept of belonging to an involution in nature, or in human ideals, or one's self (Solipsism).
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Re: War & Religion are inexorably linked in history and in their conception. [Re: Prisoner#1]
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"it is simply incorrect to assert that religion has been the primary cause of war.
An interesting source of truth on the matter is Philip and Axelrod’s three-volume Encyclopedia of Wars, which chronicles some 1,763 wars that have been waged over the course of human history. Of those wars, the authors categorize 123 as being religious in nature, which is an astonishingly low 6.98% of all wars.
Further, they played no motivating role in the major wars that have resulted.
The truth is, non-religious motivations and naturalistic philosophies bear the blame for nearly all of humankind’s wars. Lives lost during religious conflict pales in comparison to those experienced during the regimes who wanted nothing to do with the idea of God – something showcased in R. J. Rummel’s work Lethal Politics and Death by Government:
Non-Religious Dictator Lives Lost
Joseph Stalin - 42,672,000 Mao Zedong - 37,828,000 Adolf Hitler - 20,946,000 Chiang Kai-shek - 10,214,000 Vladimir Lenin - 4,017,000 Hideki Tojo - 3,990,000 Pol Pot - 2,397,0003 Rummel says: “Almost 170 million men, women and children have been shot, beaten, tortured, knifed, burned, starved, frozen, crushed or worked to death; buried alive, drowned, hung, bombed or killed in any other of a myriad of ways (mostly secular) governments have inflicted death on unarmed, helpless citizens and foreigners. The dead could conceivably be nearly 360 million people.
The historical evidence is quite clear: Religion is not the #1 cause of war"
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Re: War & Religion are inexorably linked in history and in their conception. [Re: Moonshoe]
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that's just boiling down religion into it's core parts, but leaving out the instance of it's conception.
i'm talking about how the two ideas (War and Religion) are linked.
not about how many wars or death's religion has caused.
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Re: War & Religion are inexorably linked in history and in their conception. [Re: akira_akuma] 2
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dionysiandame said: "religion is all about one thing...segregation"
The average person joins a religion for a) communion with the divine in whatever form that divinity takes for them and b) a sense of community and fellowship. The essence of MOST religions lies in the roots of creating lifelong bonds with fellow worshipers though this doesn't mean they're exclusive or segregated at all. Considering all of the Hindu festivals and Pujas I get invited to by coworkers who are just acquaintances, I can attest to that from first hand experience. The idea of sharing an experience is a fundamental facet of many religions save closed/initiatory ones and even initiatory religions have rituals that are more "open" to the general population.
As far as "religion causing war", yes it has. It's also caused art, poetry, great literature, exploration into the human condition, scientific discovery, radical political movements, safe havens, and adoptive families for those who have none.
all true.
though i don't quite think that was the intention.
the hordes had religion...slaves had religions, masters had religions.
all were devised to keep bond with one another OVER the bond of people's far-off. THAT's where the bond is, the keeping ties with 'your home's people' and not 'going off over yonder to those other people'. the roots of religion ARE roots. thus why it has created war...among other things; especially among progressives.
but perhaps i have the pretense wrong, however, the war thereof (among other things) had sprung from the very roots of religion, for reasons better or worse.
You make interesting points but I must respectfully disagree with a few of them. A slave within a mystery tradition would have bonds with those who followed the same tradition, as well, they would have bonds with the family they served. The religious bond would most certainly NOT be given precedence over the bond it has to the family purely because they are a slave and do not have that kind of freedom.
Similarly, a Hindu in southern India and one in Northern India might not have a bond at all aside from seeing each other during Diwali and even then, their familial and cultural ties are a million times stronger than their religious one.
I think the only time you will see religious bonds trump familial/clan/culture based ones is when one either a)takes a vocation or b)becomes involved in an exclusive cult. Note that both of these are "extremes" of religious life, the average individual will put familial bonds over religious ones.
Last example, I had a coworker from Pakistan who is a very devout Muslim, yet many of his opinions about morality that he claimed to be from Islam were actually from his CULTURE and would have been unrecognizable say to a Muslim in Egypt, Dubai, or Turkey and to this effect he didn't consider these people fellows in faith; only those who shared his particular outlook gained that "honor." (Please note the heavy sarcasm quotes there. Dude was a total creeper.)
At the base level, he was faithful to his culture and clan traditions more than he was to his actual faith and that bond meant more to him than actual religious solidarity.
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Re: War & Religion are inexorably linked in history and in their conception. [Re: akira_akuma] 2
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dionysiandame said: "religion is all about one thing...segregation"
The average person joins a religion for a) communion with the divine in whatever form that divinity takes for them and b) a sense of community and fellowship. The essence of MOST religions lies in the roots of creating lifelong bonds with fellow worshipers though this doesn't mean they're exclusive or segregated at all. Considering all of the Hindu festivals and Pujas I get invited to by coworkers who are just acquaintances, I can attest to that from first hand experience. The idea of sharing an experience is a fundamental facet of many religions save closed/initiatory ones and even initiatory religions have rituals that are more "open" to the general population.
As far as "religion causing war", yes it has. It's also caused art, poetry, great literature, exploration into the human condition, scientific discovery, radical political movements, safe havens, and adoptive families for those who have none.
all true.
though i don't quite think that was the intention.
the hordes had religion...slaves had religions, masters had religions.
all were devised to keep bond with one another OVER the bond of people's far-off. THAT's where the bond is, the keeping ties with 'your home's people' and not 'going off over yonder to those other people'. the roots of religion ARE roots. thus why it has created war...among other things; especially among progressives.
but perhaps i have the pretense wrong, however, the war thereof (among other things) had sprung from the very roots of religion, for reasons better or worse.
The most rudimentary bonds are familial. Religion came later. Oft time, the slaves and their masters worship the same god(s). You are correct in that religion is one of the bonds that humans use to categorize and segregate each other. I think that this speaks more to the nature of people, than the nature of religion. If humans want to hold themselves seperate from another group of humans, there are more metrics than religion available. Off the top of my head: skin color, manner of dress, language, food choices(ew, they eat bugs!), left or right handedness, gender, sexual/marriage conventions, job type, ancestry (noble vs common). There are numerous examples of cultures going to war despite a common religion. Usually in order to aquire some type of wealth(land, food, gold, slaves, etc.) Here are some famous battles and campaigns that had virtually nothing to do with religion:
Marathon Salamis Peloponnesian War Leuctra Phillip's campaigns in Greece Alexander's campaigns Punic War Second Punic War Caesar's Campaigns against Pompey Battle of Hastings War of Spanish Succession War of Austrian Succession French Revolution American Revolution War of 1812 American Civil War World War One World War Two
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Re: War & Religion are inexorably linked in history and in their conception. [Re: dionysiandame]
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a: but they'd strive for that freedom, would they not?
b: on Hindus: sure, but their bond may not be stronger, but it still exists there, in their religion. do you not think north and south would unite to fight a common enemy? would they not be tied by religion?
c: there is a calling for vocation, is there not? is there not a call, for certain disputants of their current bonds, to extremist cults?
d: but his ignorance comes from a maligning with the faith that he still supports, even more-so dangerous, though, that does not stop this miscalculation to from having come way by the religion he was kept by since his birth, no?
or is it a different religion now, and if so, where did it come from -- well, certainly it came from his culture, but doesn't all religion?
and isn't this getting down to what i'm really talking about...how the two (war and religions) are connected? they for sure, indeed so, connected by culture...but 'what's more of a driving force for a culture' now becomes the question, i suppose. war? or religion?
well how are the two similar?
we've already established that they keep people working together, whether against a common enemy, or because of a bond in faith.
they both certainly drive culture in that direction, of people working together, that's for sure.
perhaps religion is not as it once was, but surely, in the past, war has been used to devise more than war; it's been used to devise diplomacy too, but for mutual gain; of course peace can also be a driving force for culture too. isn't peace and war so in tandem that they are practically the same coin? toss it in the air and see what you get? make the wrong move and WAR, but make the right move and PEACE.
i digress, i certainly can see some connections between the two, i and think there might be some historical application to the two being 'in tandem' but perhaps i'm using the wrong words to describe what i'm getting at.
perhaps what i mean is that Religion & Control are tied together so, which leads to that supposed connection to War - the human condition - yes, that's what i'm mainly getting at, the human condition, this is what i'm speaking about.
just expounding on some ideas thanks for your inspirational examples dionysiandame.
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Re: War & Religion are inexorably linked in history and in their conception. [Re: akira_akuma]
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The most rudimentary bonds are familial. Religion came later. Oft time, the slaves and their masters worship the same god(s). You are correct in that religion is one of the bonds that humans use to categorize and segregate each other. I think that this speaks more to the nature of people, than the nature of religion. If humans want to hold themselves seperate from another group of humans, there are more metrics than religion available. Off the top of my head: skin color, manner of dress, language, food choices(ew, they eat bugs!), left or right handedness, gender, sexual/marriage conventions, job type, ancestry (noble vs common). There are numerous examples of cultures going to war despite a common religion. Usually in order to aquire some type of wealth(land, food, gold, slaves, etc.) Here are some famous battles and campaigns that had virtually nothing to do with religion....
yes, it is one of the bonds...and it does indeed cover all of the above subjects you mentioned; of course, in a religious doctrine, it's trying to smooth - if you will - all those things out, as above mentioned (dress, food, ect how to's, basically).
but i am not talking about literal War. i am, as you mentioned, talking about the nature of people; and i think i see religion as something that is very akin to War...it makes people see themselves as separate, and in alot of cases segregated, from one another...not that that leads to literal War, but a sort of War of emotions and of the senses. sure this is just human nature, but if War and Religion is human nature, then they are connected. that's all i'm interested in, the connection, not whether one leads to the other (though that is an interest list of events, i shall hopefully study a bit, in due time, so i thank you).
and if War and Religion, one or the other, is NOT human nature, then where are THOSE connections and how do we expunge of what is not our nature?
THAT is my main assertion, that perhaps there is something to that thought.
but perhaps there isn't. any ideas?
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Re: War & Religion are inexorably linked in history and in their conception. [Re: clock_of_omens]
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Shiithead said: Revelation 3:11 Behold, I come quickly

America is 240 years old next year. Would you say that is a long time? Christ was born a little over 2000 years ago. You know because that is what we base our time off... Is that a long time??
What about dark time that was around 5000 bc. Is 7000 years a long time? Christ is coming back soon. Every knee will bow.
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Re: War & Religion are inexorably linked in history and in their conception. [Re: akira_akuma]
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I think that what Barry Schwartz has to say about the subject is kinda interesting.
you can check it out here if you have 20 min at some point
"So you should be very suspicious when you hear explanations that appeal to human nature; Chances are, that even if it is human nature, it is a human nature that has been created, and not a human nature that has been discovered."
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Re: War & Religion are inexorably linked in history and in their conception. [Re: Shiithead]
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Shiithead said: Revelation 3:11 Behold, I come quickly

America is 240 years old next year. Would you say that is a long time?
2000 years ago. Is that a long time??
Is 7000 years a long time?\
No.
You obviously didn't get the joke.
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you can check it out here if you have 20 min at some point
"So you should be very suspicious when you hear explanations that appeal to human nature; Chances are, that even if it is human nature, it is a human nature that has been created, and not a human nature that has been discovered."
those are some necessary implications, i think, those concerning human nature. what is created cannot be nature, itself. it might in our nature to create...in a religious way, it's almost akin to 'playing God', playing 'creator'.
that is another intrinsic connection between Religion, War, and human nature.
creating our own world.
but really, what is the difference between that which was created and that which is our nature, by definition?
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"Though we can't prove the existence of one (or many) god(s), we can provide evidence for the power of religion. For good or for evil, faith factors into our everyday functioning: We've evolved to believe. Religion can help us make sense of our world, provide motivation, and bind us together. "
"The National Opinion Research Center collected data on church attendance and happiness ratings from 34,706 people from 1972-1996. The data are clear—the more often you go to church, the happier you report your life to be. "
"Healthy eating habits and regular exercise rank among the top life-prolonging activities. But there is one activity with potentially life-prolonging benefits that you may not have considered: going to church. That’s right—studies show that attending a religious service more than once a week has the potential to help you live longer."
"Here’s what the researchers found: compared to those who never attend religious services, people who attend church, temple, or synagogue more than once a week, have the equivalent of a 7.5-year-longer life expectancy! Those who do not attend religious services have a 1.87 times higher risk of death for most causes within eight years."
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Ephesians 6:12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. Psalm 12:6 The words of the Lord are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. Hebrews 11:3 Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear. Revelation 3:11 Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.
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Re: War & Religion are inexorably linked in history and in their conception. [Re: Shiithead]
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Pretty well.
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i seriously doubt science had any intention nor was in anyway consequent in, or any rationale for, the reasoning of the faithful.
but that first quote rings to be true to what i'm saying; since there is no evidence of the ultimate absolute, we bind ourselves to control our destinies "in the face of all aridity".
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Re: War & Religion are inexorably linked in history and in their conception. [Re: akira_akuma]
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Sometimes, religion can be divisive, and other times inclusive.
Examples:Divisive
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Genesis 9 (New International Version) 18 The sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham and Japheth. (Ham was the father of Canaan.) 19 These were the three sons of Noah, and from them came the people who were scattered over the whole earth.
20 Noah, a man of the soil, proceeded[a] to plant a vineyard. 21 When he drank some of its wine, he became drunk and lay uncovered inside his tent. 22 Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father naked and told his two brothers outside. 23 But Shem and Japheth took a garment and laid it across their shoulders; then they walked in backward and covered their father’s naked body. Their faces were turned the other way so that they would not see their father naked.
24 When Noah awoke from his wine and found out what his youngest son had done to him, 25 he said,
“Cursed be Canaan! The lowest of slaves will he be to his brothers.”
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“Praise be to the Lord, the God of Shem! May Canaan be the slave of Shem. 27 May God extend Japheth’s territory; may Japheth live in the tents of Shem, and may Canaan be the slave of Japheth.”
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Genesis 17New International Version (NIV) The Covenant of Circumcision
17 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty; walk before me faithfully and be blameless. 2 Then I will make my covenant between me and you and will greatly increase your numbers.”
3 Abram fell facedown, and God said to him, 4 “As for me, this is my covenant with you: You will be the father of many nations. 5 No longer will you be called Abram; your name will be Abraham, for I have made you a father of many nations. 6 I will make you very fruitful; I will make nations of you, and kings will come from you. 7 I will establish my covenant as an everlasting covenant between me and you and your descendants after you for the generations to come, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you. 8 The whole land of Canaan, where you now reside as a foreigner, I will give as an everlasting possession to you and your descendants after you; and I will be their God.”
9 Then God said to Abraham, “As for you, you must keep my covenant, you and your descendants after you for the generations to come. 10 This is my covenant with you and your descendants after you, the covenant you are to keep: Every male among you shall be circumcised. 11 You are to undergo circumcision, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and you. 12 For the generations to come every male among you who is eight days old must be circumcised, including those born in your household or bought with money from a foreigner—those who are not your offspring. 13 Whether born in your household or bought with your money, they must be circumcised. My covenant in your flesh is to be an everlasting covenant. 14 Any uncircumcised male, who has not been circumcised in the flesh, will be cut off from his people; he has broken my covenant.”
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Exodus 40 (New International Version) 12 “Bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance to the tent of meeting and wash them with water. 13 Then dress Aaron in the sacred garments, anoint him and consecrate him so he may serve me as priest. 14 Bring his sons and dress them in tunics. 15 Anoint them just as you anointed their father, so they may serve me as priests. Their anointing will be to a priesthood that will continue throughout their generations.”
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Matthew 9 (new international version) 10 While Jesus was having dinner at Matthew’s house, many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with him and his disciples. 11 When the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
12 On hearing this, Jesus said, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. 13 But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
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Luke 10:25-37New International Version (NIV) The Parable of the Good Samaritan
25 On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
26 “What is written in the Law?” he replied. “How do you read it?”
27 He answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’; and, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’”
28 “You have answered correctly,” Jesus replied. “Do this and you will live.”
29 But he wanted to justify himself, so he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”
30 In reply Jesus said: “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he was attacked by robbers. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him and went away, leaving him half dead. 31 A priest happened to be going down the same road, and when he saw the man, he passed by on the other side. 32 So too, a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. 33 But a Samaritan, as he traveled, came where the man was; and when he saw him, he took pity on him. 34 He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put the man on his own donkey, brought him to an inn and took care of him. 35 The next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper. ‘Look after him,’ he said, ‘and when I return, I will reimburse you for any extra expense you may have.’
36 “Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?”
37 The expert in the law replied, “The one who had mercy on him.”
Jesus told him, “Go and do likewise.”
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Matthew 5 (New International Version) 43 “You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ 44 But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, 45 that you may be children of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. 46 If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are not even the tax collectors doing that? 47 And if you greet only your own people, what are you doing more than others? Do not even pagans do that? 48 Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
Edited by ballsalsa (10/10/15 12:04 PM)
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