Vox Day: Eph 4:25 - To whom are we to speak the truth? Everyone? No, to our neighbors.
wrf3: Who is my neighbor?
Vox Day: Jesus answered that specific question in the parable of the Good Samaritan:
Luke 10:36-37: "Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?" The expert in the law replied, "The one who had mercy on him." Jesus told him, "Go and do likewise."
Jesus obviously did not tell him that all three of the men were his neighbors. In fact, two of the three were excluded. "Neighbor" is simply not synonymous with "everyone". There is no Biblical basis for establishing that equivalence.
wrf3: Wasn't the point of the parable that two of the three did not act as a neighbor, but should have? Isn't that what "Go and do likewise" means?
And if we are commanded to "love our neighbor", meaning whoever is near to us, who does that exclude? As Christians, who are we not allowed to love?
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