24 min

405 - Good Samaritan: Is a Problematic Phrase Tales from Sacred Texts

    • Religion

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We discuss one of Jesus's most famous parables about opposing prejudice, and discuss how even the language used to describe the story misses the point. A self-righteous lawyer attempts to finagle an exception to "love thy neighbor." In response, Jesus tells a story of a Jewish traveler that leads even the lawyer to conclude that "love thy neighbor" is a command without exception. The lawyer is forced to confront the fact that the groups of people that disgust him the most don't quite live up to stereotypes. We discuss what that means for us today. 

CONTENT WARNING:

Violence: 4/5

Consensual Sexual Contact: N/A

Sexual Assault: N/A

Discrimination: 4/5

THEME MUSIC CREDITS:

Intro Theme Music is "Carnival" by Roa.

"Roa - Carnival" is is under a Creative Commons (CC BY 3.0) license. ⁠⁠http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...⁠⁠⁠⁠https://youtube.com/c/RoaMusic⁠⁠.

Closing Theme Music is "Joy of Travel" by Zakhar Valaha.

OTHER MUSIC CREDITS:

"Alex Productions - Soul" is under a Creative Commons (CC BY 3.0) license. ⁠https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...⁠⁠   @alexproductionsnocopyright  ⁠

Whitesand - Melodic Dreams

Vlad Gluschenko - Travelling - Folk Saxophone Beat - Instrumental [ FREE NO COPYRIGHT MUSIC ] License: ⁠⁠https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...⁠


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PLEASE MIGRATE TO @REDEMPTION ARC: bit.ly/rarc

We discuss one of Jesus's most famous parables about opposing prejudice, and discuss how even the language used to describe the story misses the point. A self-righteous lawyer attempts to finagle an exception to "love thy neighbor." In response, Jesus tells a story of a Jewish traveler that leads even the lawyer to conclude that "love thy neighbor" is a command without exception. The lawyer is forced to confront the fact that the groups of people that disgust him the most don't quite live up to stereotypes. We discuss what that means for us today. 

CONTENT WARNING:

Violence: 4/5

Consensual Sexual Contact: N/A

Sexual Assault: N/A

Discrimination: 4/5

THEME MUSIC CREDITS:

Intro Theme Music is "Carnival" by Roa.

"Roa - Carnival" is is under a Creative Commons (CC BY 3.0) license. ⁠⁠http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...⁠⁠⁠⁠https://youtube.com/c/RoaMusic⁠⁠.

Closing Theme Music is "Joy of Travel" by Zakhar Valaha.

OTHER MUSIC CREDITS:

"Alex Productions - Soul" is under a Creative Commons (CC BY 3.0) license. ⁠https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...⁠⁠   @alexproductionsnocopyright  ⁠

Whitesand - Melodic Dreams

Vlad Gluschenko - Travelling - Folk Saxophone Beat - Instrumental [ FREE NO COPYRIGHT MUSIC ] License: ⁠⁠https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...⁠


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Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/talesfromsacredtexts/support

24 min