Finally God is with this country
POSTED BY: TheRightStuff
UPDATED: Tuesday, August 15, 2006 20:38
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SigmaNunki & FMF,
Thanks for the kind invite. I'd be more than happy to join you folks in some s'mores on the other thread.
Oh, SN...I love the David Suzuki quote. 
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RMMC
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The problem with pseudo-politico-religio-ideological threads like this is that everyone is full of ordure. Present company included...
So, apropos of quite probably nothing, a parable of Jesus (before He became the Christ, of course) from Luke 10:
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25 And behold, a lawyer stood up to put him to the test, saying, "Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?" 26 He said to him, "What is written in the law? How do you read?" 27 And he answered, "You shall 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 your neighbor as yourself." 28 And he said to him, "You have answered right; do this, and you will live." 29 But he, desiring to justify himself, said to Jesus, "And who is my neighbor?" 30 Jesus replied, "A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who stripped him and beat him, and departed, leaving him half dead. 31 Now by chance a priest was going down that road; and when he saw him he passed by on the other side. 32 So likewise a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. 33 But a Samaritan, as he journeyed, came to where he was; and when he saw him, he had compassion, 34 and went to him and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine; then he set him on his own beast and brought him to an inn, and took care of him. 35 And the next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper, saying, 'Take care of him; and whatever more you spend, I will repay you when I come back.' 36 Which of these three, do you think, proved neighbor to the man who fell among the robbers?" 37 He said, "The one who showed mercy on him." And Jesus said to him, "Go and do likewise."
Now, the interesting thing about this particular parable -- which even most Modern Christians don't know -- is that it's not about 'Christian Charity'. Rather, it's about letting devout religious practice get in the way of doing what's right in God's eyes. You see, the (Jewish?) traveler was attacked, castrated and bloodied. The priest and the Levite could not help him because to do so would constitute the touching of blood, and loss of ritual purity; strictly forbidden. But the apostatic Samaritan was under no such compunction, and so, he saved the traveler's life.
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...It is important to note that Samaritans were despised as apostates by the story's target audience. Thus the parable, as told originally, had a significant theme of non-discrimination and interracial harmony. But as the Samaritan population dwindled to near-extinction, this aspect of the parable became less and less discernible: fewer and fewer people ever met or interacted with Samaritans, or even heard of them in any context other than this one. To address this problem with the unfamiliar analogy, the story is often recast in a more recognizable modern setting where the people are ones in equivalent social groups known to not interact comfortably. For instance, in a telling to a conservative middle class audience, the assaulted man could be a middle class businessman, the unhelpful passers-by could be presumably respectable people like a pastor and the substitute for the Samaritan could be a minority viewed with stigma by the audience such as a homosexual, atheist, or biker gang member. Thus cast appropriately, the parable regains its socially explosive message to modern listeners: namely, that an individual of a social group they disapprove of can have a superior moral behaviour to individuals of the groups they approve; it also means that not sharing the same faith is no excuse to behave poorly, as there is a universal moral law...
from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Samaritan, put most succinctly among many similar treatments available on the 'Net.
The thing that many Modern Christians (and the unbelievers they alienate) don't recognize is that Jesus represented a New Law. Rather than eye-for-an-eye, kill-everyone-who-doesn't-believe/behave, as the Old Testament Law required, Jesus
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I've asked this question many times. Why do Christians seem to hell bent on the OT - with all its judgement and punishment - when the NT so full of love and forgiveness so clearly says to follow the new teachings. You'll get many a strange contorted answer.
Nearly everything I know I learned by the grace of others.
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Originally posted by FutureMrsFIllion:
now I REALLY want a t-shirt
can the "we aim to burn" be set in flames? Way COOL!
You aren't the meanest. Unless you want to be and then you are
I just found this thread, and I want a t-shirt!
Oh yeah, and I want on the list, too. I'm a conservative (notice I DIDN'T write Republican) and a Christian, and this guy is a couple of strawberries short of a fruit bowl.
Just for clarity, most of the politicos in DC are there to wield power and get re-elected, regardless of party, and anyone who wants to be President badly enough to campaign for the job is a bigger nutjob than Jayne thinks River is.
So please, add me to your list, and I'll bring some feed for the goat!
So who is he?
He's my husband.
Well who in the damn galaxy ain't!
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Originally posted by TheRightStuff:
You talk like a queer and probably fight like one too kicking like a girl.
My friends are making fun of me for talking to all of you saying you can't tell if theyre pure or mixed so I'm not anymore.
Good bye idiots.
TheRightStuff
*laughter*
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"I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ."
~Mohandas Gandhi
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Hehehehehhee. That was awsome!!!! I've just started reading up on the FORSAKEN and that song you wrote was so funny! My roommate asked if I'd finally lost it cos I was laughing so hard. Thanks.
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You can take my hope when you pry it from my cold dead fingers!
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I'm new, but can I please be on the list?
San Nakji for President!
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Originally posted by Titiwai:
I'm new, but can I please be on the list?
San Nakji for President!
Sure you can! Just come on down to the Forsaken thread and join in!
You're welcome on my boat. God ain't.
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I'm new, but can I please be on the list?
+1
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