I am intolerant of intolerance, thus I lack empathy for those that lack empathy. I don't acknowledge the humanity of those whose behavior is inhuman, and I don't feel shame nor can I be shamed, because I never do that thing which would cause me shame. My motto is that of a doctor Do no harm.
This quality, or inability to empathize, conversely to empathize with your kin, is why we are alive today. It is a biological social survival mechanism.
When Jesus said "love your neighbor as yourself" he was talking in an era and time, when your neighbor was a kinsmen, probably related, went to the same temple, worshiped the same god, in he same place at the same time, had the same beliefs, rituals and traditions as you.
Very much different than what we in the 21st century consider a neighbor, who is simply a person who lives in your neighborhood, and with whom you may or may not have anything in common, other than race, religion, national identity if that.
If MLK Jr and Malcolm X lived next to each other or on the same block, would they be neighbors in the Jesus sense?.
How about a white MAGAt and a white progressive.?
A NAZI next to a liberal?
The ultimate question. If there was time travel, would you go back in time and kill Hitler.
Think twice on that one. If you did, you would never have been born.
I am intolerant of intolerance, thus I lack empathy for those that lack empathy. I don't acknowledge the humanity of those whose behavior is inhuman, and I don't feel shame nor can I be shamed, because I never do that thing which would cause me shame. My motto is that of a doctor Do no harm.
This quality, or inability to empathize, conversely to empathize with your kin, is why we are alive today. It is a biological social survival mechanism.
When Jesus said "love your neighbor as yourself" he was talking in an era and time, when your neighbor was a kinsmen, probably related, went to the same temple, worshiped the same god, in he same place at the same time, had the same beliefs, rituals and traditions as you.
Very much different than what we in the 21st century consider a neighbor, who is simply a person who lives in your neighborhood, and with whom you may or may not have anything in common, other than race, religion, national identity if that.
If MLK Jr and Malcolm X lived next to each other or on the same block, would they be neighbors in the Jesus sense?.
How about a white MAGAt and a white progressive.?
A NAZI next to a liberal?
The ultimate question. If there was time travel, would you go back in time and kill Hitler.
Think twice on that one. If you did, you would never have been born.