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“The Bible tells us to love our neighbors, and also to love our enemies; probably because generally they are the same people.” G. K. Chesterton
In the story of the Good Samaritan in Luke 10, Jesus answered the question, “Who is my neighbor?” But He never got around to answering the question, “Who is my enemy?”
Enemies seem to be easy enough to find online. Express support for Donald Trump, David French, or pineapple on pizza on Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook and soon you will hear from a hoard of people who hope for your slow and painful death by fire ants. And yet WalzWoman97 or DeathCar@Freeway may actually work at the office desk next to yours, they may be buying your daughter’s Girl Scout cookies.
The Apostle Paul either clears things up or muddies them completely when he wrote in Ephesians 6, “For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.” So those we perceive as foes may just be pawns in a much larger game played on a supernatural plane.
Why do Paul and Jesus make it so difficult to hate the people we really want to despise? Even here at Ricochet, there are some who post really annoying things, and yet… They are our virtual neighbors, and we do have a higher call.
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I found this at gript.ie just before finding your post. I want one. Only 10 euros. No shipping options to the U.S., though. I could have it sent to my daughter, but I "hate" asking her to add stuff to her airline luggage, even though she has done it to us.
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Isn't that the plot of every rom com movie?
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I barely know what a movie is, much less a rom com movie.
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I looked it up. I guess I've seen a few Russian movies of that genre. Russian movies have really gone downhill during the Putin era, with the result that I hardly watch Russian movies any more other than re-watching some from the 90s or the Soviet era.
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A rom com is a romantic comedy. Plot usually starts out with a couple that dislike each other who then find themselves attracted to the object of their dislike. Like "You've Got Mail."
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