Comments on: The Charter for Compassion

By: suril

suril — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 12:09:11 +0000

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By: suril

suril — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 10:09:11 +0000

I would like to read more of your blogs and to share my thoughts with you

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By: beckycarr

beckycarr — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:03:39 +0000

It often bothers me that so many who profess these faiths are so lacking in compassion and so quick to heap condemnation on others, and it seems that often these are the most fundamentalist, conservative members of these faiths. Could they be so caught up in the letter of the law and maintaining 'holiness' (I don't mean God's, I mean their own or their culture's) that they forget the spirit of God's grace and God's overarching command to love one another and treat one another justly? “If anyone hates his brother, how can the spirit of God be in him?” if I remember the passage correctly.

By: ckgmail

ckgmail — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:46:42 +0000

It's interesting that in Matthew 25 (red letter words)it is the compassionate who enter the kingdom. It is also interesting that both groups are surprised. “Lord, when did we see thee . . .? etc. And “Lord, when did we not . . .? etc. Also James, “Faith without works is dead.”

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The Charter for Compassion | The Just Life — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:28:19 +0000

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By: Chris "Jesdisciple"

Chris "Jesdisciple" — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:46:43 +0000

After thinking on my above two posts, I think I noticed something that is missed by this meta-ideology. In all three of the Abrahamic faiths, God's holiness comes before His compassion. He is compassionate and wills than none would perish, but He is also holy and cannot allow sin into His presence. Remove holiness from any of these faiths and all you have is Buddhism.

By: Chris "Jesdisciple"

Chris "Jesdisciple" — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:31:56 +0000

In the search for compassion, I think all parties must be examined. Who is this compassionate toward? For example, Israel's invasion of Canaan might be compassionate toward Abraham, or maybe the Messiah must for some reason emerge from that region. I think looking for compassion toward the Canaanites is a futile attempt; however, as noted above this doesn't mean God didn't command the invasion.

By: Chris "Jesdisciple"

Chris "Jesdisciple" — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:24:28 +0000

Just so long as this doesn't result in throwing passages out because no compassion can be found in them. Compassion is more important than being right on the personal level, but it is not worth altering Scripture itself. Scripture must be right, and interpretations must attempt compassion. And living a faith is more important than knowing it.

By: Ngchen

Ngchen — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:27:46 +0000

True, true. While it's always tempting, and sometimes proper, to point out heresies for what they are, it does seem that oftentimes it matters more not what we believe in the abstract, but rather in what we end up doing. I mean, who's the more effective witness? Someone who has or seems to have all the answers, who speaks without doing, or someone who actually puts faith into action?