What Christ, Thomas Paine and Allan Kardec Want You to Know And Religion Doesn't

Author:William Moreira
Language: eng
Format: mobi
ISBN: 9780595747139
Publisher: iUniverse
Published: 2003-07-02T05:00:00+00:00

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LOVE YOUR ENEMIES

RETURN GOODNESS FOR EVIL

1. Ye have heard that it hath been said, thou shalt love thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy. But, I say unto you, love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you and persecute you; that ye may be the children of your Father which is in Heaven: for He maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and the unjust. For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? Do not even the publicans do the same? And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? Do not even the publicans do so? (Matthew, 5: 43-47).

2. For say unto you, that except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the Scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the Kingdom of Heaven (Matthew, 5:20)

2. For if ye love them which love you, what thank have ye? For sinners also love those that love them. And if ye do good to them which do good to you, what thank have ye? For sinners also do even the same. And if ye lend to them of whom ye much again. But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for He is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil. Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful (Luke, 6: 3236).

If the principle of love and charity is to love one’s neighbors then to love one’s enemies is the most heavenly application of this principle seeing that the possession of this virtue excels as one of the greatest accomplishments. This principle in which can be achieved against our greed and pride, which are the number one enemies of our spiritual evolution.

But in the situation of loving our enemies, many of us are puzzled about the word and meaning of “love”. How can we love someone that did badly to us and hates us? This time Jesus is demanding something that is impossible and will not work! Is He? Is this the first mistake of Jesus? How ungrateful are those that ask those questions?! Jesus, after being tortured and final nailed to the cross, begged our Creator to forgive us and what else can we demand? He gave everything from preaching to dying, for the principle of morality for us to reach happiness. Religion teaches us an easy way out because we can hate all we want and then the “death of the Lamb of God” will save us through the ritual of Mass. That’s why when a read The Age of Reason I realized I had a backup of my ideas by Thomas Paine for my books, specially Christ’s Wisdom and the Unholy Prophets. I felt content to know I had

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