Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> Warp wrote:
> > Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> >> I'm also pretty sure that bit doesn't actually show up in 
> >> the old testament as well.
> > 
> >   Actually the "love your neighbor as yourself" commandment is not an
> > invention of the New Testament. It's based on Mosaic law (Leviticus 19:18).

> I stand corrected.  That's kind of obvious in retrospect.  D'oh!

> Of course, that means "your neighbor" and probably doesn't mean, say, the 
> Egyptian Pharaohs, the Samaritans, etc.

  It is probably true that "neighbor" in that Leviticus passage refers to
"your fellow Israelites" rather than "everybody".

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                                                          - Warp

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