tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6803135128442396638.post1595148083357030007..comments2023-10-31T06:20:45.622-05:00Comments on Raving Black Lunatic: Breaking In a New PairBig Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02510881583909431416noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6803135128442396638.post-29683423671580488012008-11-18T18:23:00.000-06:002008-11-18T18:23:00.000-06:00lolo has it right. Jesus' teachings are radical en...lolo has it right. Jesus' teachings are radical enough in the present context. It's even more amazing to think he lived in a time when savage brutality was an unremarkable fact of life.<BR/><BR/>@Anon 17 Nov 10:21: Consider <A HREF="http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-me-execute17-2008nov17,0,514116.story" REL="nofollow">this article</A> and <A HREF="http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-amy21-2008oct21,0,3982911.story" REL="nofollow">this article</A> (both, coincidentally, from the LA Times) together as sort of an Internet parable about forgiveness.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6803135128442396638.post-5423805269477454272008-11-17T12:13:00.000-06:002008-11-17T12:13:00.000-06:00Good post, Big Man...never thought much about the ...Good post, Big Man...never thought much about the important distinction between empathy and sympathy. Need to be on guard for which I'm using, I suspect, even within the confines of my own family.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6803135128442396638.post-376299229431236872008-11-17T10:21:00.000-06:002008-11-17T10:21:00.000-06:00Part of the difficulty of the "love thy neighbor" ...Part of the difficulty of the "love thy neighbor" imperative is the concept of forgiveness. Even when you can reach the point of forgiving a perceived wrong, the "forgetting" part is sometimes impossible. I personally struggle more with the Christian command to forgive. That "turn the other cheek" part is hard to swallow.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6803135128442396638.post-27971332949872658032008-11-17T10:04:00.000-06:002008-11-17T10:04:00.000-06:00Love the neighbor is the single most difficult con...Love the neighbor is the single most difficult concept in the Bible. Well, maybe putting God above all other things is tougher because of how many things compete for our focus in life. But, loving your enemies and treating everyone the way you want to be treated is certainly difficult.Big Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02510881583909431416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6803135128442396638.post-59100662990273690092008-11-17T07:48:00.000-06:002008-11-17T07:48:00.000-06:00nice postnice postAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6803135128442396638.post-56245027660448893242008-11-17T07:17:00.000-06:002008-11-17T07:17:00.000-06:00"Love thy neighbor" has to be the single most radi..."Love thy neighbor" has to be the single most radical concept of Christianity. Seriously. At the time it was proposed, it was all about tribe against tribe, hell ~ brother against brother, for that matter. And along comes this proposal to LOVE your neighbor?<BR/><BR/>Crazy, that.<BR/><BR/>I still think it's the most challenging throwdown of the entire faith, no matter the church. Baptist, Catholic, whathaveyou, it's the one precept that I've never heard much about in the public sphere. I can only imagine how much of a difference it would make in shaping society if there were more emphasis on it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com