ext_12703 ([identity profile] skylarker.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] pegkerr 2007-08-28 03:44 pm (UTC)

One of my main quibbles with Christianity as a religion is summed up in the disparity between the two statements:

"Love your neighbors as yourselves." and 'love your neighbors instead of yourselves.'

It seems to me that all too many Christians, including Mother Teresa take the message of the second statement, and this leads to some natural sense of self-neglect. It's not surprising if that also leads to depression, and in some cases even resentment against the others one feels obliged to love.

I think the original message intends a general practice of compassion, toward one's self and others alike.

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