Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!dimacs.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: tblake@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu (Thomas Blake) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: the Sabbath Message-ID: Date: 24 May 91 04:37:30 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: State University of New York at Binghamton Lines: 30 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In article mejicovs@eniac.seas.upenn.edu writes: >In article tblake@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu (Thomas Blake, [That's me!]) writes: >> Did Jesus >>countermand them? Jesus tells us that the two greatest commandments are >>to love the Lord your God with all you heart, and all your soul, and all >>your mind and strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself. > >Wow, Hillel taught the same thing just a bit before Jesus :-) I do not believe Jesus made these up on the spot. Indeed, in the Gospels, Jesus, and the "Teacher of the Law" seem to be in agreement that these are indeed the two greatest commandments. In previous postings, I cited their respective sources in the Old Testament. >ps. I hope this doesn't get taken badly, I just want to correct the >common misrepresentation of the Jews as the mean, nasty people who >follow the lifeless Law (none of these are true). Well, obviously some of the Jews have misunderstood the intent of the Law, as have some Christians. It was the Jews' understanding of the Law which Jesus sought to correct, (since they were the only ones living under the law at that point). It is this picking and choosing among the laws which so bothers me. "You must obey *this* law!" "I need not obey this other law!" In this way, we strain out gnats, and swallow camels! (Never let it be said Jesus didn't have a sense of humor.) Tom Blake SUNY-Binghamton