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From: whitehur@tymix.UUCP (Pamela K. Whitehurst)
Newsgroups: talk.religion.misc
Subject: Re: Feminism and Abortion
Message-ID: <835@tymix.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 29-Sep-86 17:37:41 EDT
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Posted: Mon Sep 29 17:37:41 1986
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In article <5833@ut-sally.UUCP> raghu@sally.utexas.edu.UUCP (Raghu Ramakrishnan) writes:
>>The unique contribution of the Christian gospel is that it makes us a
>>people who are more interested in your rights than in my rights.  We should
>>all be as the Samaritan who was willing to risk life and property for the
>>sake of another.
>>
>>Tom Albrecht
>>"Reformata, semper reformanda"
>
>Why?
>
>raghu

Interesting question.  I don't recall the Samaritan risking life and
property for another.  He bandaged some wounds, took the man to an inn 
and paid for the bill until the man could leave on his own.  The
description led me to believe the man did not have the strength to attack
the Samaritan.  (Perhaps having this person around increased his chance
of becoming a victim.) The story seems to say go out of your way to help
a stranger, even if it is going to cost some money. This does not mean
there are not other stories that claim christians should risk life
and property for other, I just don't think this one says it.



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Disclaimer: This is just my responding, with an ambiguous language, to
what someone else wrote, in an ambiguous language. At no time did I
read anyone's mind to find out what they really meant.

       Pamela K. Whitehurst 
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"Yes, it is bread we fight for, but we fight for roses too."