Paul the apostle challenged those who considered themselves God\u2019s chosen ones and others automatically condemned because they are outsiders to think again<\/a>. If he had lived today, he might have added a mention of an incident on a New York train, when Christians beat up a Jewish man and a Muslim came to his aid<\/a>, in making his point in Romans 2:6-11<\/a>.<\/p>\n In modern English \u201cfaith\u201d is understood as believing certain things to be true<\/a>, and thus being right (with the corollary that others are wrong). All of this leads to a gross misunderstanding of Paul\u2019s point about faith and works<\/a>.<\/p>\n I don\u2019t know how to conclude this, except to say: Happy Hanukkah<\/a>, and thank you Hassan Askari for being a \u201cgood Samaritan\u201d (or more to the point, as Jesus might have actually said if he told the parable today, a good Muslim<\/em><\/a>).<\/p>\n HT<\/a> Pharyngula<\/a><\/p>\n For many Christians, being a Christian is about being right and everyone else being wrong. For such individuals, there is no actual understanding of what Christianity teaches, except on some vague level. Being a Christian is, for such people, not about living a certain way, or adhering to certain values that involve turning the other […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/7622297540113836091-2950771322358954194?l=exploringourmatrix.blogspot.com\")