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“Science investigates; religion interprets. Science gives man knowledge, which is power; religion gives man wisdom, which is control. Science deals mainly with facts; religion deals mainly with values. The two are not rivals.”
“We must use time creatively, in the knowledge that the time is always ripe to do right.”
“We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love. There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our enemies.”
How we see a person plays a dominant role in our relationship with them and our relationship with the world they are seeking to build.
Labeling a person, a triumph or a traitor, often is determined by the relationship we have with that person, which includes their ideas. Not liking someone often is grounded in not liking their ideas. Martin Luther King knew this, I believe. Jesus knew it too. Some of the greatest unifying people of history brought tremendous division.
That is why it is good for us to know people. It is good for us to get to know people before we form an opinion because if our opinions are based on a misunderstanding, miss information or based on the disagreement of ideas, we should know that. We should know why we don’t like them. We should know the basis of my anger or distrust is that I don’t like their ideas. I don’t like the way they protest. I don’t like what they represent. I don’t like them because they are not like me and have ideas that are contrary to my ideas.
And it happened that while He was praying alone, the disciples were with Him, and He questioned them, saying, "Who do the people say that I am?" They answered and said, "John the Baptist, and others say Elijah; but others, that one of the prophets of old has risen again." And He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?" And Peter answered and said, "The Christ of God."
Luke 9:18-20 NASB
What 5 people are influencing your life and future today?
How can you verify that your idea about them is the correct idea?
Why are you tempted to think you already know the truth and you are the kind of person who doesn’t need to search things out, you already know?
Are those who have a different idea than you wrong, morally inferior, or just different?
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