From the same nut jobs who gave us two terms of Walker Texas BushmshonleMay 26 2006, 15:14:21 UTC
The Good Samaritan story is even worse than you think...
So, basically it goes like this. There was this unliked ethnic group, the Samarians, back then. A lawyer asks Jesus "you say Love Thy Neighbor, but who is my neighbor?"
So, Jesus goes on to tell the story of The Good Samaritan: One day a man was robbed and beaten and left on the side of the road. Several people walked past him, because they didn't want to get dirty (which would violate some religious code or something). Everyone kept walking past him. But then a Samaritan came by. The guy from that hated group. He helped. Jesus said "that man is your neighbor."
In other words, love thy neighbor means "Be nice to people who are nice to you." Or, to be fair, "be nice to people who are nice to you, even if they are from a discriminated against minority."
You can read all about it, right there. The whole f**king moral is s**t.
Re: From the same nut jobs who gave us two terms of Walker Texas BushjpfedMay 26 2006, 16:58:00 UTC
The straightforward interpretation is:
Lawyer: The law says love thy neighbor as thyself. Who's my neighbor, though? Jesus: (Samaritan story) Who do you think was a neighbor? Lawyer: The Samaritan. Jesus: Right. So you should love nice minority people as yourself.
But from Luke 10:25-37 36"Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers
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Re: From the same nut jobs who gave us two terms of Walker Texas BushmshonleMay 26 2006, 17:32:44 UTC
Indeed, there are so many contradictions in the Bible that you'd have to interpret it the way you choose for it to be worthy of worship.
Some protestants read the passage as saying "the highly religious people who wouldn't help were too concerned with deeds, shame on them. Belief is the only thing you need."
While the Catholics read it as saying "Jesus is telling us to do good deeds." That the Catholics believe that what you do actually matters is what makes me like them more
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Re: From the same nut jobs who gave us two terms of Walker Texas BushjpfedMay 26 2006, 17:44:38 UTC
I'm an atheist that was raised Catholic. I wasn't aware of the Protestant interpretation.
Incidentally, the Catholic focus on deeds made "coming out" as an atheist to my parents much easier than it's been for some of my friends to their belief-focused Protestant parents.
Re: From the same nut jobs who gave us two terms of Walker Texas BushmshonleMay 26 2006, 17:51:28 UTC
Yeah, probably the worst thing with the protestants is that they believe a good person who, say, lives in a poor village that has never heard of Christ would never get in to heaven.
At least the Catholics leave room in their heaven to all good people.
For what it's worth, telling small children about hell and using it as a threat for them to "be good" is a form of child abuse.
So, basically it goes like this. There was this unliked ethnic group, the Samarians, back then. A lawyer asks Jesus "you say Love Thy Neighbor, but who is my neighbor?"
So, Jesus goes on to tell the story of The Good Samaritan: One day a man was robbed and beaten and left on the side of the road. Several people walked past him, because they didn't want to get dirty (which would violate some religious code or something). Everyone kept walking past him. But then a Samaritan came by. The guy from that hated group. He helped. Jesus said "that man is your neighbor."
In other words, love thy neighbor means "Be nice to people who are nice to you." Or, to be fair, "be nice to people who are nice to you, even if they are from a discriminated against minority."
You can read all about it, right there. The whole f**king moral is s**t.
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Lawyer: The law says love thy neighbor as thyself. Who's my neighbor, though?
Jesus: (Samaritan story) Who do you think was a neighbor?
Lawyer: The Samaritan.
Jesus: Right. So you should love nice minority people as yourself.
But from Luke 10:25-37 36"Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers ( ... )
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Some protestants read the passage as saying "the highly religious people who wouldn't help were too concerned with deeds, shame on them. Belief is the only thing you need."
While the Catholics read it as saying "Jesus is telling us to do good deeds." That the Catholics believe that what you do actually matters is what makes me like them more ( ... )
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Incidentally, the Catholic focus on deeds made "coming out" as an atheist to my parents much easier than it's been for some of my friends to their belief-focused Protestant parents.
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At least the Catholics leave room in their heaven to all good people.
For what it's worth, telling small children about hell and using it as a threat for them to "be good" is a form of child abuse.
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