Ph: Love: Bible: A Promise Of Covenant Relationship Comments

Hi again Mike! The value of this promise to me is not so much that there are scriptural teachings behind many of its suggestions, but the fact that it expands and helps me remember (think clearly about) what it really means to love another. The Golden Rule while truly golden can still be perverted. What if the person you are asking to love others as he loves himself is one who loves to inflict pain on himself. What if the person who wants to serve God believes that God's desire is for non-believers to be exterminated so that believers are not tempted to sin. We all like simplicity but what if that simplicity serves the laziness of our own souls and not the infinite complexity of God's creation and His plan for it? As nice as simplicity can be, surely we need to be careful we do not make simplicity our God. I am also suspicious of the idea that the search for truth is strictly a personal one. The church is God's creation and I suspect this is because we need others to avoid conflicts of interest, prejudice, and our own lack of imagination as much as I dislike organized religion at times.

I'm a devout christian. I think this is a wonderful poem.

Brian, I've rated this document an 8....but it may deserve more. I believe that the search for God and truth, and that of Self and God, is a personal one, and God grants us the answers within Soul. I'm not one tied into the chapter and verse perspective on life no matter what the external scriptural base. Some philosophers when asked the purpose of life write tomes. Christ when asked the same question basically replied, Love God, and Love thy neighbor as thyself (for the love of me) . I like the simple approach. In loving the neighbor as the self, one gives the other the freedom to experience their own unfoldment unhindered. A lot of religions have forgotten this obligation and a lot of Souls are thereby ensnared so that the priestcraft and religious institutions can enjoy and promulgate their unique social status.