"If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:
But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors."
James 2:8-9
Before these verses, the chapter specifically refers to rich and poor people and comparisons of clothing (verses 2-4), but of course there are so many other ways that we discriminate, thinking of one group of people as better than another. It makes me wonder what a world without that sort of thinking would look like. It seems like there would be an awful lot of changes, but also it kind of catches the imagination, right? There would be some amazingly cool differences.
Today, maybe a good thing to do is to just imagine what the world could be without any sort of discrimination. And when we imagine that, then let's go to work and help it to happen. :)
But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors."
James 2:8-9
Before these verses, the chapter specifically refers to rich and poor people and comparisons of clothing (verses 2-4), but of course there are so many other ways that we discriminate, thinking of one group of people as better than another. It makes me wonder what a world without that sort of thinking would look like. It seems like there would be an awful lot of changes, but also it kind of catches the imagination, right? There would be some amazingly cool differences.
Today, maybe a good thing to do is to just imagine what the world could be without any sort of discrimination. And when we imagine that, then let's go to work and help it to happen. :)
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