2007-02-19 17:05:32 · 9 answers · asked by Chi Guy 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
were not monkeys (below) - Why do you call me a bigot? Is it that you think I am against Muslims? If so you misunderstand my question. The rest seem to understand what I have asked.
2007-02-19 17:13:15 · update #1
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My point is that I see some speak of God while wanting to kill all Muslims as though they are all to blame for their fanatics.
2007-02-19 17:16:41 · update #2
No, there are no exclusions. Jesus told us to love our neighbors, and he told us to love our enemies. So whether you consider Muslims neighbors or enemies, the command is the same: we are to love them.
After Jesus instructed people to love their neighbor, in Matthew 10:29, a man asked Jesus "Who is my neighbor?"
To answer this question, Jesus told the story of the Good Samaritan. The Jews despised Samaritans, but Jesus sets the scene like this: When a Jewish man is robbed and left to die by the side of the road, 2 Jewish men ignore him in turn, and then a Samaritan saw him and "felt deep pity" (verse 33). And so it was the Samaritan (the Jews' enemy) who showed love to the wounded Jewish man.
This story is a parable (one of the stories Jesus used to illustrate a point), which means this specific story did not actually happen. But Jesus's point was to show that we are to love everyone, and that our neighbor is everyone.
Jews and Samaritans were traditionally enemies, but Jesus's desire was for them to love each other. Jesus's desire for us is the same; He wants us to love one another.
And Muslims are definintely not excluded from that list.
2007-02-19 17:20:06 · answer #1 · answered by writingalot 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think Jesus made it pretty clear that our neighbors are anyone we encounter. Nobody falls outside the definition of neighbor.
Luke 10:29 "... he asked Jesus, "And who is my neighbor?" What follows is the parable of the Good Samaritan. The parable concludes with Jesus asking in verse 36, "Which of these three do you think was a neighbor...?" The expert in the law replied, "The one who had mercy on him." Jesus told him, "Go and do likewise."
2007-02-20 01:15:07 · answer #2 · answered by tj 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Two of the world's most popular religions did not exist until several hundred years after Jesus spoke of the two new commandments. Interesting, huh?
2007-02-20 01:12:30 · answer #3 · answered by AK 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the commandments were not new. They were old ones retold.
Yes Muslims are our neighbors and God loves them and we should too.
2007-02-20 01:08:07 · answer #4 · answered by Samuel J 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. All human beings are "our neighbors." That doesn't mean that we have to let them destroy us however. Love thy neighbor as thyself - I love myself enough to stop myself from harming myself or others --- should I love Muslims any less?
2007-02-20 01:10:05 · answer #5 · answered by wd 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nobody was excluded. He didn't say love your neighbor as yourself, except for this guy and that guy.
2007-02-20 01:08:59 · answer #6 · answered by j3nny3lf 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Of course not. Your neighbor is anybody you happen to come in contact with.
2007-02-20 01:08:37 · answer #7 · answered by out of the grey 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When did the Bible become race oriented? It;s all about accepting God isn't it?
2007-02-20 01:12:08 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
bigot
2007-02-20 01:09:29 · answer #9 · answered by Pisces 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋