[net.religion] Which commandments to follow...an answer

maxwell@ncrcae.UUCP (Susan Maxwell) (07/17/84)

In reply to an old article questioning which commandments should we
follow, I refer you to the story in the New Testament (I am rather
ignorant Biblically, but I generally know the two parts) in which
the Pharisees asked Jesus roughly the same question -- which is the
greatest commandment. Jesus responded,

	Love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and all thy
	soul and all thy mind.  This is the first and greatest
	commandment.

	The second is like unto it: Love thy neighbor as thyself.
	On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.

I find these two commandments very easy to remember and to follow.
They are much more universal than other things that one can read in
the Bible (such as Paul's teachings, some of which are pretty awful
unless you take time, place, culture, etc. into account).


Susan Fontaine Maxwell
relocating to Boulder, Colorado in August