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25 And behold, a lawyer stood up to put him to the test, saying, "Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?" 26 He said to him, "What is written in the law? How do you read?" 27 And he answered, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself." 28 And he said to him, "You have answered right; do this, and you will live." 29 But he, desiring to justify himself, said to Jesus, "And who is my neighbor?" 30 Jesus replied, "A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who stripped him and beat him, and departed, leaving him half dead. 31 Now by chance a priest was going down that road; and when he saw him he passed by on the other side. 32 So likewise a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. 33 But a Samaritan, as he journeyed, came to where he was; and when he saw him, he had compassion, 34 and went to him and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine; then he set him on his own beast and brought him to an inn, and took care of him. 35 And the next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper, saying, 'Take care of him; and whatever more you spend, I will repay you when I come back.' 36 Which of these three, do you think, proved neighbor to the man who fell among the robbers?" 37 He said, "The one who showed mercy on him." And Jesus said to him, "Go and do likewise."

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...It is important to note that Samaritans were despised as apostates by the story's target audience. Thus the parable, as told originally, had a significant theme of non-discrimination and interracial harmony. But as the Samaritan population dwindled to near-extinction, this aspect of the parable became less and less discernible: fewer and fewer people ever met or interacted with Samaritans, or even heard of them in any context other than this one. To address this problem with the unfamiliar analogy, the story is often recast in a more recognizable modern setting where the people are ones in equivalent social groups known to not interact comfortably. For instance, in a telling to a conservative middle class audience, the assaulted man could be a middle class businessman, the unhelpful passers-by could be presumably respectable people like a pastor and the substitute for the Samaritan could be a minority viewed with stigma by the audience such as a homosexual, atheist, or biker gang member. Thus cast appropriately, the parable regains its socially explosive message to modern listeners: namely, that an individual of a social group they disapprove of can have a superior moral behaviour to individuals of the groups they approve; it also means that not sharing the same faith is no excuse to behave poorly, as there is a universal moral law...
from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Samaritan, put most succinctly among many similar treatments available on the 'Net.

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Originally posted by FutureMrsFIllion:
now I REALLY want a t-shirt

can the "we aim to burn" be set in flames? Way COOL!

You aren't the meanest. Unless you want to be and then you are

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Originally posted by TheRightStuff:
You talk like a queer and probably fight like one too kicking like a girl.
My friends are making fun of me for talking to all of you saying you can't tell if theyre pure or mixed so I'm not anymore.
Good bye idiots.

TheRightStuff

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Originally posted by Titiwai:
I'm new, but can I please be on the list?

San Nakji for President!

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I'm new, but can I please be on the list?

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cut your hand and pledge your blood to me - and then get nekkid and dance

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Originally posted by citizen:
You better watch out,
You better not die,
Better be devote,
I’m telling you why,
Fundamentalist is coming to town!

He’s making a list,
And checking it twice;
Gonna find out who’s heathen and right,
Fundamentalist is coming to town!

He stalks you when you’re sleeping,
He hides when you’re awake,
He judges if you’ve been bad or good,
So just pray for goodness sake!

O! You better watch out!
You better prepare to die.
Better be devout,
I’m telling you why,
Fundamentalist is burning you DOWN!

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The thing that many Modern Christians (and the unbelievers they alienate) don't recognize is that Jesus represented a New Law. Rather than eye-for-an-eye, kill-everyone-who-doesn't-believe/behave, as the Old Testament Law required, Jesus said, "Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her" (an adulteress; John 8: 3-16).

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