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Biblical Verses Lost and Found


"But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father." (Mark 13:32)

  • Thou shalt be as self-righteous as is humanly possible. Ye are not the same as other religious fanatics. Ye shall be forgiven and not kept from the Kingdom for promoting wars and killing a few medics with whom you disagree.
  • Thou shalt support imperialism in all its perfidious circumstances and use it for the conversion of those who do not follow your path.
  • Thou shalt not support stem cell research no matter what the cost in human suffering.

    Good News! I did find the following verses:

    1. Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy. [Beatitudes]
    2. Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God. [Beatitudes]
    3. You have heard that it was said, "You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy." But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you be sons of your Father who is in heaven. . . . [Matthew 5:43]
    4. . . . You shall love your neighbor as yourself. . .[Matthew 22:37]
    5. This is my commandment that you love one another as I have loved you. . .[John 15:13]

    They are some of my favorites. They are the ones I first learned at the First Baptist Church of Liberty, North Carolina on Sunday mornings, that church of the beautiful stained glass windows, red brick facade and cheerful-sounding bells.

    They are the words that truly comforted a small child.

    They are the ones that offer a "lantern for my feet and a light upon my path" as I wend my way through this life. They are the words that help me offer love when I feel hate, mercy for vengeance though I am most decidedly human and practice Christ's message so very imperfectly.

    The ones that I cannot find in the Bible have not--insofar as I know with my admittedly limited human perspective--really helped anyone. They do not offer bread to the poor or a hand to the suffering. They do not address the social or economic needs of most Americans or help a powerful nation offer compassionate leadership in the world.

    In my opinion, those verses that I cannot find mostly feed hypocrisy and self-righteous bloviating. I cannot help but wonder if they are not the beliefs of latterday "scribes and Pharisees."

    I do not believe that a

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