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[–] 45 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Tbf, Jesus is simply quoting from the Torah here to address some religious scholars that were trying to trap Him by asking β€œwhat the bestest most importantest commandment?” (That’s a direct translation from Greek, btw) His actual teaching is β€œlove each other as I love you.”

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  • [–] 4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

    Which is even a better quote assuming that jesus loves everyone equally

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  • [–] 21 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

    If you don't hate yourself, how the hell can you hate someone else? Can I get an Amen

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  • [–] 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 child)

    You joke but that logic actually makes the original phrase kinda moot now that I think about it. Because on the one hand you're right, you need to understand hate to practice it. But on the other hand there's no need to hate yourself in order to hate someone else. For example a victim of a violent crime has no need to hate themselves and is morally justified in hating their aggressor. So by that logic, there's also no intrinsic need to love yourself in order to love others either. Surely loving yourself would make you more experienced at loving others but it's not really a prerequisite like the phrase wants to make it...

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  • [–] 18 points 2 weeks ago

    "but there's no way those people can be considered my neighbors!" ~ people for thousands of years.

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  • [–] 13 points 2 weeks ago

    Don't be a dick, strive instead to be a penis

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  • [–] 11 points 2 weeks ago

    I like to read it as syntactically equivalent to "listen to music as you do the dishes". You're meant to love yourself AND your neighbor. Love everybody, and that includes yourself!

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  • [–] 11 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

    I'm supposed to jerk my neighbor off?

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  • [–] 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    I see you've met my ex-husband.

    Him: "I don't understand how you're supposed to love your wife like your own body. I hate my body."

    Me: "Ok but you love good food, being comfortable, sex, etc. You show love to your body by making it feel good."

    Him: repeats original comment like I hadn't spoken.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

    So treating your wife well is feeding her fast food every two days, letting her smoke a pack a day, and having sex with her? Wanna hook up? I can do that. If you need more comfort I have a sofa

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  • [–] 3 points 2 weeks ago

    Yeah that's kind of how it works.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 weeks ago

    It's sort of a truthyism for projection.

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  • I don’t need some hippie’s permission

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  • 1 comment in c/dankchristianmemes@lemmy.blahaj.zone view that post

    Religions and loopholes, a classic combo.

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