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Re: Worthlessness
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Thu, 16 Sep 2004 13:48:50 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Don Heyse wrote:
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While you’re at it, ask yourself some questions. Were samaritans
unbelievers? Beats me. Were their lives worthless? If so, does
that imply the parable is worthless, since without that worthless
samaritan the parable would be significantly shorter, and not nearly
as interesting.
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Without trying to dilute your point, which I find quite valid, I have to say
that your question piqued my curiousity. So, for what it’s worth.
A quick search via Google got me this page:
http://www.omniglot.com/writing/samaritan.htm
where it is claimed that the Samaritans adopted old testament beliefs in the
first century BC. Depending on how far back the parable went, perhaps they were
and perhaps they were not jewish. But in any case they were almost certainly not
christian at the time that Jesus told the parable.
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Message has 2 Replies:
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| (...) Of course they weren't--that's what makes the parable so good-- See Jesus says that the 'God' folk passed on helping the beat up sod in the gutter, but the Samaritan, without being a believer, was the only one who had the compassion to help (...) (20 years ago, 16-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) The issue was not that the Samaritan woman was or wasn't a Jew. It was that she was not a Hebrew, and therefore a Gentile, and therefore supposedly racially inferior to all the people who crossed to the other side of the street. Besides, when (...) (20 years ago, 16-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| (...) All right then, why don't you simply address the worthless part and forget about the proximity to that particular date. Hey, I've got an idea. Since the worthless comment stemmed from an argument over the pictoral interpretation of the bible (...) (20 years ago, 16-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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