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Ever Heard Of The Good Samaritan?

Had he not risen from the dead, Jesus would be spinning in his grave.

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But first, Who would be my Neighbour.
What does a Neighbour represents in the bible.
Muslims are not my Neighbour,
Had you any idea or clue who a
Neighbour is.

For say, a person goes to a church every Sunday, but that person is not a member of that church, thats a neighbour.
But when that person joins that church, then they become a brother/sister
And are no longer considered a neighbour,
But a brother/sister.

A Neighbour is someone who goes to a church, but are not a member of the church, that's a neighbour.
Maybe you should study out what a neighbour is, before you say anything.

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old comment by Swede

Deuteronomy 10:19 "So you also must love the foreigner, since you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt."

Leviticus 19:34: "You must treat the foreigner living among you as native-born and love him as yourself, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God."

Ezekiel 47:22: "You shall allot it as an inheritance for yourselves and for the foreigners who dwell among you and who have children. You are to treat them as native-born Israelites; along with you, they shall be allotted an inheritance among the tribes of Israel."

As Islam didn't start until 600 years after Jesus' life, it can't be mentioned in the Bible. But, as they also worship the Abrahamic God, they must be brothers and sisters to you.

The Bible clearly says FOREIGNERS living among you are to be treated as neighbors, because the Israelites were once foreigners in Egypt. Egyptians hardly went to a church every Sunday...

old comment by Kanna

I'm your neighbor. You go to church, I'm an atheist. But you are still my neighbor, and I'll collect your mail and take in the trash cans and feed the cat if you tell me you'll be gone for a few days. I'll pick up your kids from band practice or give you a ride to the airport or the doctor if you need it. I'll come and collect you from the shopping center when you've locked your keys in the car. All you have to do is call. I'll bring over half my pie or banana bread, while it is still warm. I'll share my tomatoes in summer and pick a few dozen of my daffodils for you in the spring.

I don't think you understand what a neighbor is, not at all. Fortunately, my neighbors do. And since the driveway is icy, my neighbors brought up my trash can and the newspaper this morning.

old comment by SpukiKitty

Jesus Himself would disagree with you, bub....

[LUKE 10:25-37 NIV]
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’[a]; 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[c] 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.”

Dear O.P.; Samaritans were a marginalized group, like the refugees, Muslims, Latinx, etc. you hate. Replace "Samaritan" with "Muslim/Mid-Easterner/Latinx/Homosexual/etc" and the "Priest" and "Levite" with members of the Clergy or the wealthy elite and you get the message.

Now quit being a hater and act like a Christian for a change and take up some Social Justice causes or join a charity or something! Muslims worship the same Deity as you and also revere Jesus! Give that hate stuff a rest!

old comment by DarkPhoenix

Uh.... https://fiddlrts.blogspot.com/2018/12/the-radical-meaning-of-parable-of-good.html

The radical meaning.
Here is why this is radical. Let’s look at those key points:
1. This is about eternal life and how one attains it.
2. The hero is the person who has “bad” theology, and is outside of the religious establishment.
3. Those within the religious establishment utterly fail - their “correct” theology doesn’t save them.
4. The issue is whether we act as a good neighbor, not the identity of those in need.
It is impossible to escape the conclusion:
It isn’t about having “correct” theology. It’s about whether we are truly loving our neighbors - and that means everyone, not just those in our tribe. Go and do likewise, and you will attain eternal life.
We forget that the reason that Christ was so offensive to the religious establishment wasn’t primarily that he stole the attention they believed they deserved.
Christ was offensive because he told the religious establishment that their whole theological edifice was a steaming pile of schist. (Pardon my geology.)
They weren’t just misguided - they were evil. They were hurting people, while feeling self-righteous about it. That’s why Christ said that the prostitutes and tax collectors were entering the Kingdom - and the Pharisees weren’t. That’s why he said that those who turned their back on the poor, the sick, the immigrants, and the imprisoned would be told “Depart, I never knew you.”
And this is why you don’t hear the true meaning preached particularly in white Evangelical churches.
Because if the true, radical meaning were actually preached, it would indict the religious and political establishment in our nation. The cruelty and hate would be laid bare. If people were actually told that having their theology all right wasn’t particularly important - but that they are digging their own graves when they vote to exclude immigrants fleeing violence and poverty - people would freak out. (Hey, as it is, I have made some people in my life furious when I do that sort of thing. They want to preserve their image of themselves as good people - while inflicting serious harm on others.)
It’s about compassion - not theological correctness.
This suggests that if our churches and religious leaders really cared about bringing people into the Kingdom of God - and eternal life - they would be doing things much differently.
First, the last thing we need are more “Theology 101” classes. Or, heaven forbid, yet another statement or lecture on “biblical” sexuality and gender.
What we really need is “Loving Your Neighbor 101,” or as I would put it, “Remedial Human Decency.”

old comment by checkmate

Faithofchristian and David Stewart have two differing ways of approaching the same problem, i.e. Jesus saying "Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself" (Matt. 22:39). The whole tone of the New Testament is that Jesus was very inclusive in his interpretation, e.g. the Good Samaritan quoted many times above.

Stewart goes down the "love the sinner, hate the sin" road and says things like "I say this kindly, you're a hellbound whore!" All his "I love everybody, but I have to say the truth" crap is a huge fig leave to hide his intense hate of anything and anybody who doesn't subscribe exactly to his extremely singular brand of Christianity.

Faithofchristian adds a new twist. He simply redefines "neighbor" to exclude any and everybody who is not a card carrying (i.e. tithe paying), registered member of his local, probably 30 member strong church. This allows him to hate most of the world, whomever he so choses, and still feel righteous and in line with Jesus.

What a shame the afterlife doesn't exist. I would love to see these assholes freaking out on the heavenly shuttle bus, sitting next to a group of Muslims, "demoncrats", and other assorted "unsaved."

old comment by SpukiKitty

I love the new title-heading to this quote.

I read an article some where that explains how ChristoFrums and ChristoFashies can claim to be Christian despite ignoring most of what Jesus taught....

....In a nutshell; They see Jesus as a "'Get Out of Hell Free' Card".

Thus; They truly believe that all those teachings about charity and "Poor/Little Guy > Rich/Big Shot" are optional and unimportant.

They are apparently unaware of the Pauline Epistle that talks about how that mindset is stupid (It's the one decrying 'Sinning so that grace may abound'. Sadly, I don't think it was one that was really written by Paul of Tarsus but It does make a great point about this).

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