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Eye on the world: Loving our neighbor
In “After Dallas, a danger and an opportunity for US” The Christian Science Monitor reports that in the wake of the domestic terrorist attack that killed five Dallas police officers, the United States is at an important juncture for addressing policing and community relations. “As condolences poured in from around the world in the wake of the deadliest United States attack targeting police in nearly a century, there is great concern that building distrust could tear the country’s social fabric.” Therefore, now is the time for community leaders, police, politicians, and a diverse representation of society to come together to heal the rift that has boiled over into violence. As the Monitor writes,“The Dallas attack may present a new opportunity for Americans to think more deeply about addressing systemic problems ….” No matter the demographic makeup of our own community, we can be a part of the healing by following the master Christian’s call to “love thy neighbour as thyself” (Matthew 22:39 ).
Ideas on this subject:
From the Bible:
Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, bepitiful, be courteous: not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing.
From the writings of Mary Baker Eddy:
“Love one another” (I John, iii. 23), is the most simple and profound counsel of the inspired writer.
— Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p. 572
Human hate has no legitimate mandate and no kingdom. Love is enthroned. That evil or matter has neither intelligence nor power, is the doctrine of absolute Christian Science, and this is the great truth which strips all disguise from error.
— Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p. 454
Related articles from The Christian Science Journal and the Christian Science Sentinel:
In “Who Is My Neighbor?”: “Our love for God must be reflected in our love for man. We cannot love God supremely and hate our fellowmen, nor can we truly love our neighbor without understanding God and man’s relationship to Him. Only as we demonstrate our own true self in His likeness can we be the neighbor Jesus admonished us to be.” And “We learn in Christian Science that our greatest need is not to be loved, but to love—to be in the highest scientific sense the true neighbor.”
In “Loving our neighbor opens the way for healing”: “The parable of the good Samaritan shows our neighbor to be not just one who lives next door but everyone we meet along our pathway of life.” And “We can behold each person as God made him: upright, pure, healthy, intelligent, just, eternal. We can recognize each individual’s genuine identity as perfect man, the spiritual expression of God.”
The articles above and others dealing with this subject can be found on JSH-Online.com or on CSMonitor.com.