tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28965786.post114901600535317495..comments2023-07-18T08:41:50.107-06:00Comments on the Doug's thoughts and ramblings: Preaching and Mercythe Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09234217364782820236noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28965786.post-1150697426169710762006-06-19T00:10:00.000-06:002006-06-19T00:10:00.000-06:00I've always thought that the traditional interpret...I've always thought that the traditional interpretation of the Samaritan passage was strange. What I think is notable is that when you connect the parable to the question that elicits it you end up realizing that we are called "to love your neighbor as yourself," and that our neighbor in the story is the Samaritan. Here's what I think though...maybe what makes the parable powerful is not just what the neighbor did but who the neighbor was. Maybe this is, more than anything else, a political statement. Your neighbor is the "bad guy," the Other, the one you feel you are justified in hating. That's who you're called to love. Maybe we should stop calling this the Parable of the Good Samaritan and start calling it the Parable of the Good Native, or the Good Queer or the Good Liberal.Colin Toffelmirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13857934895856384717noreply@blogger.com