In starting this new website, we are Queer Faith News have begun to realize that it might be helpful to expose our readers to an array of sacred scriptures/religious texts as a means of introducing them to common themes in scriptures from various religious traditions. Here is the first in the new daily series. Please note that this series WILL NOT include any commentary and will feature a theme accompanied by 3-5 quotes from various religious traditions. We encourage our readers to explore the commonality found in different religions via comparative scripture/religious text studies.
Today’s Theme: Love and Kindness
Islam: Those who act kindly in this world will have kindness. – Qur’an 39.10
Judaism: The world stands upon three things: upon the Law, upon worship, and upon showing kindness. – Mishnah, Abot 1.2
Hinduism: What sort of religion can it be / without compassion? / You need to show compassion / to all living beings. / Compassion is the root / of all religious faiths. – Basavanna, Vacana 247
Christianity: Do not rebuke an older man but exhort him as you would a father; treat younger men like brothers, older women like mothers, younger women like sisters, in all purity. – 1 Timothy 5:1-2
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