Do you actually believe I just changed the bible? Take a deep breath then look back in your bible. You’ll find I haven’t changed anything. The parable is still there just as it was written.
Are you being facetious? When did you establish “boundaries” for me on this forum? Are you a moderator?? Have you established them for anyone else???
The ability to think critically and objectively is
fundamental to sound Christian doctrine. For instance, Jesus did come but if your theology cannot answer a simple question like “What if Jesus never came?” or “What if Jesus accepted Satan’s offer?” without going into a hissy fit, what good is your theology?
The only religious people I know who have low tolerance to critical, objective or independent thinking belong to
group thinkers, commonly known as
cults... and their theologies don't fair well on forums like these.
Ah, so brothers cannot be neighbors???
Where in the bible does it state this, or do I “overstep my boundaries” by asking?
Also, why didn’t the lawyer point out this obvious “fact” to Jesus… that we are commanded to love our neighbors, but the Preist and Levite weren’t neighbors and thus rightly passed by their fellow traveler, whereas the Samaritan was a neighbor and had an obligation to stop?
If you had read Luke 10:30 You would find that a certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, This man was neither of Israel or of the Samaritans.
A Neighbour in Scriptures is not someone who lives next door to you.
A Neighbour is someone who attends a church, they are not a member, but a neighbour to those who belong to the church.
Those who are members of the church are brother's and sisters.
The neighbour is a person who attends the church, but is not a brother or sister, when the neighbour becomes a member of the church, then they become a brother and sister of the church.
The Samaritans worship the same God as did Israel and kept the things that were of God. The Samaritans were not of Israel, But the Samaritans were the good Neighbour to Israel.
I have people who live next to me, They don't believe in God as I do, Therefore they are not my Neighbour. My Neighbour is those who believe in the God as I do.
Say like a person who attends a Baptist Church and a person who attends the church of Christ, they are Neighbour's to each other.
You need to understand what a Neighbour is according to the bible, scriptures. And not just someone who lives next door to you. Your Neighbour is a person who believes in God like you do.
Really?
After you've found Samaria on this map of Israel, help me get this straight...
You're actually saying Samaritans "lived alongside by Israel" so they
were neighbors, but the Priest and Levites were Jews in Israel, which was by definition alongside Samaria, so they
weren’t neighbors!
Wait…what???