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In reply to the discussion: what are your feelings of a church bringing in activites to teach Character ed in public schools [View all]Heidi
(58,846 posts)51. And to further refute Buzz Clik, the Good Samaritan parable starts
at Luke 10:25, with Jesus himself and mention of two of God's laws, not at Luke 10:30 which Buzz Clik conveniently copied and pasted. Here is the full story (which I'm sure you already know).
Luke 10:25-37
New International Version (NIV)
The Parable of the Good Samaritan
25 On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. Teacher, he asked, what must I do to inherit eternal life?
26 What is written in the Law? he replied. How do you read it?
27 He answered, Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind[a]; and, Love your neighbor as yourself.
28 You have answered correctly, Jesus replied. Do this and you will live.
29 But he wanted to justify himself, so he asked Jesus, And who is my neighbor?
30 In reply Jesus said: A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he was attacked by robbers. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him and went away, leaving him half dead. 31 A priest happened to be going down the same road, and when he saw the man, he passed by on the other side. 32 So too, a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. 33 But a Samaritan, as he traveled, came where the man was; and when he saw him, he took pity on him. 34 He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put the man on his own donkey, brought him to an inn and took care of him. 35 The next day he took out two denarii[c] and gave them to the innkeeper. Look after him, he said, and when I return, I will reimburse you for any extra expense you may have.
36 Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?
37 The expert in the law replied, The one who had mercy on him.
Jesus told him, Go and do likewise.
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what are your feelings of a church bringing in activites to teach Character ed in public schools [View all]
sad-cafe
Jan 2013
OP
For starters, you're assuming that this is a fundamentalist church...
Jeff In Milwaukee
Jan 2013
#62
Schools are in desperate need of warm and current ways to relate. Bullying is so major and they
libdem4life
Jan 2013
#6
welcome to DU--I am absolutely opposed to it--churches need to stay the hell away from
niyad
Jan 2013
#7
It's a foot in the door, like a door-to-door salesman. I watched my small town destroyed by
RKP5637
Jan 2013
#10
I'm fine with this, as long as they let atheistic scientists give the sermon on Sundays
Orrex
Jan 2013
#17
The Good News Club WON in the US Supreme Court (2001) to infiltrate public school property.
blkmusclmachine
Jan 2013
#20
considering what % of the nation's bullies practice their religion, I say no thanks nt
msongs
Jan 2013
#19
I was subjected to JAMES ROBISON at our school, at an assembly in the gym.
Manifestor_of_Light
Jan 2013
#27
If the school is funded by public money, it shouldn't do anything to establish religion.
JDPriestly
Jan 2013
#31
Absolutely opposed. THEY do peddle religion in schools. From the blog you linked,
Heidi
Jan 2013
#40
You would find it impossible to tell the story of the Good Samaritan without a religious context?
Buzz Clik
Jan 2013
#45
No, I wouldn't find it impossible. But I don't trust a church using a Core Essentials
Heidi
Jan 2013
#47
I quoted the entirety of the story with no mention of anything religious at all.
Buzz Clik
Jan 2013
#54
I highly recommend your post. The complete lack of education regarding philosophy & logic
KittyWampus
Jan 2013
#81