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Nope, I am saying that about you and you are simply pretending it is not true of yourself and the OP even when it is blatantly obvious from the OP.
Okay, go through the list in the OP and you tell us which lives didn't matter to Jesus...
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Instead of saying all lives matter, Jesus said, “Samaritan lives matter.”
Instead of saying all lives matter, Jesus said, “Children’s lives matter.”
Instead of saying all lives matter, Jesus said, “Gentile lives matter.”
Instead of saying all lives matter, Jesus said, “Jewish lives matter.”
Instead of saying all lives matter, Jesus said, “Women’s lives matter.”
Instead of saying all lives matter, Jesus said, “Lepers’ lives matter.”
You seem to be saying that you don't know how to take the principles of justice that you learn from your teachers and apply them, and so you don't think anyone else is capable of doing that either.
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Nope, I am saying that about you and you are simply pretending it is not true of yourself and the OP even when it is blatantly obvious from the OP.
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Either that or your teachers have taught you that it is okay to bear false witness and you are completely committed to their teachings.
You are SO wrapped up in the letter and the idea of scripture that you can't even see and apply the principle.
It is true, we are not only dividing ourselves based on LABELS, we actively seek NEW labels to create even greater division.
Instead of saying all lives matter, Jesus said, “Samaritan lives matter.”
Instead of saying all lives matter, Jesus said, “Children’s lives matter.”
Instead of saying all lives matter, Jesus said, “Gentile lives matter.”
Instead of saying all lives matter, Jesus said, “Jewish lives matter.”
Instead of saying all lives matter, Jesus said, “Women’s lives matter.”
Instead of saying all lives matter, Jesus said, “Lepers’ lives matter.”
Like it has been said--IF I DO NOT SPEAK OUT, THE STONES WOULD CRY OUT FOR JUSTICE...
Never stop trying and always proclaim the truth of the God I know and the requirement to LOVE our neighbor(s)--EVERY PERSON IS OUR NEIGHBOR, NOT JUST THOSE WHO LOOK LIKE US, THINK LIKE US and HATE LIKE US---what good is it to LOVE those who love you???
And there's an example of your divisiveness. You love to use that phrase, ''the God I know,'' but when replying to those with whom you disagree, you make statements like, ''the god you claim to know.''
Further, the stones couldn't care less about what you post on this forum. Most of which is aimed at trashing fundamentalism, and trashing the Bible which you quote only when it suits you to do so.
You mean like you do along with others in OP's like:
Thanks for God's Mercy
Women; God teaches in the Holy Bible, you in fact really do matter
I don't see that pointing out the condition for "mattering" is doing what you are told rather than exercise your talents and calling is a "side issue," but then that's a side issue to THIS thread.
I don't see that pointing out the condition for "mattering" is doing what you are told rather than exercise your talents and calling is a "side issue," but then that's a side issue to THIS thread.
Maybe you don't see because having the mind of a closed umbrella on the wrong end never works
whose doing teh dividing and willingly ADMITS to isolating themselves from those who are different???
And yet it is said LOVE YOUR ENEMIES. LOVE THOSE WHO HATE YOU...LOVE LOVE LOVE..
I never said that I isolate myself from those who are different. What I'm saying is that I will always take truth over unity with those who oppose truth. I will never discard truth for the sake of unity. I will never take the lie over the truth for the sake of community. If the truth causes division, then so be it.
Like I said, 'people's lives matter' which is all you had to say instead of making that list of different kinds of people.
I never said that I isolate myself from those who are different. What I'm saying is that I will always take truth over unity with those who oppose truth. I will never discard truth for the sake of unity. I will never take the lie over the truth for the sake of community. If the truth causes division, then so be it.
Like I said, 'people's lives matter' which is all you had to say instead of making that list of different kinds of people.
Mike, I think the point is that while it is true that ALL lives matter, it's important to realize that there are specific groups within our society who are not experiencing that in their reality. We can't just pretend that labels don't exist in people's minds, and that sometimes those labels lead to people thinking and acting on the belief that, "It's THEIR problem, not mine/ours."
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