Love One Another

Love one another.  I’m willing to bet everyone knows where those words come from and even if you don’t most people claim they care deeply about their fellow human beings.  What bothers me is that the people who most fervently subscribe to those three words are often the very ones who have a personal addendum that I don’t remember seeing beside the original.

I don’t believe it said love one another unless – and here the list is very eclectic and long depending on the personal agenda of the one making it.

I am always shocked by the people who are intelligent and educated and yet still find a way to justify the way they think when it involves anyone not subscribing to their own narrow perspectives.

The world is not black and white.  There are a zillion shades of gray and you don’t have to be a Vulcan to see that even do no harm is not as clear as it seems.  But I can absolutely tell you that killing someone, or torturing them for good is an oxymoron.  And I can also tell you that there are a lot of ways to kill people besides outright pointing a weapon at them and using it.

Passive aggressive murder is as old as time and it is still being used as the sanctioned way of disposing of anyone who gets in the way, or is different. 

People have the right to live and love with dignity, to control their own bodies, receive necessary medical care, an education, and access to jobs they are truly qualified for.   I don’t think it is possible to love one another if you don’t believe that.