Saturday, May 14, 2005

Proverbs: People before dogma

I can summarize ethical religion in three words: People before dogma. Any religious or moral teaching should actually have compassion on the people it claims to protect. Merely saying one hates the sin, but loves the sinner, is not enough. Anyone can claim to love another from afar, but true compassion means coming down from that religious high horse to converse with and even befriend the other, face to face. "Perfect love casts out fear" (I John 4:18).

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