(August 22, 2018 at 11:55 am)possibletarian Wrote:(August 22, 2018 at 11:51 am)Huggy74 Wrote: Christian moral code:
1 Love God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength
2 Love thy neighbour as thyself.
There is none other commandment greater than these. - Mark 12-31
Do you have a problem with the above?
*bold mine*
Why don't we start with what this means, put god and his commands before anything else ?
What else does it mean ?
The first 4 commandments from the 10 commandments address loving God. The next 6 address loving your neighbor.
I think the logic is that if you truly love God, then loving your neighbor should logically follow, since loving your neighbor is a large part of loving God. You can't simultaneously love God and hate your neighbor. This is why it is placed first.
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
-walsh
-walsh
