"Actually the story, (as explained by my Ivy League religion scholar instructors), was not about the *question* "who is my neighbor ?", but knowing the despised status of Samaritans in Galilean society, it was about acceptance of those seen as "other". The closest thing our culture used to have, similar to that, would have been ethnic minorities, and sexual minorities. The Christian cult failed abysmally to actually learn that lesson, and (just exactly like the Bible), the religious norms changed when the cultural norms changed. Religion sanctions culture. Culture does not sanction religion."
I think that just made it worse.....Go and do likewise - become Samaritan? Its not about the neighbourhood - its about the minorities. The answer isn't the answer to the question is an answer to another question that wasn't asked. My head hurts.
Does this mean Drich and Waratah are killing each other over the wrong thing?
Just a moment. Jesus didn't like the Samaritans either
Matthew 10: Jesus sends out the disciples to drive out evil spirits and the like and to spread the word but he tells them specifically:
"Do not go among the Gentiles, or enter any town of the Samaritans. Go rather to the lost sheep of Israel...."
He didn't think the Samaritans were worth it apparently.
I think that just made it worse.....Go and do likewise - become Samaritan? Its not about the neighbourhood - its about the minorities. The answer isn't the answer to the question is an answer to another question that wasn't asked. My head hurts.
Does this mean Drich and Waratah are killing each other over the wrong thing?
Just a moment. Jesus didn't like the Samaritans either
Matthew 10: Jesus sends out the disciples to drive out evil spirits and the like and to spread the word but he tells them specifically:
"Do not go among the Gentiles, or enter any town of the Samaritans. Go rather to the lost sheep of Israel...."
He didn't think the Samaritans were worth it apparently.
