A Quote I Thought You'd Like

[salsa]

(not sure if this belongs in snark, as it's not, in and of itself, snarky, but it also didn't seem to fit the other categories)

Lifted from a fb status:

Biblical orthodoxy without compassion is surely the ugliest thing in the world. —Francis Schaeffer

[patsymae]

So true.

There's a famous story about Rabbi Hillel who met the challenge of being dared to recite the whole of the Torah (forgive me if I'm getting details wrong,) who stood on one foot and said "That which is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbor. That is the whole Torah; the rest is commentary. Go and study it."

[FaeT]

So true.

There's a famous story about Rabbi Hillel who met the challenge of being dared to recite the whole of the Torah (forgive me if I'm getting details wrong,) who stood on one foot and said "That which is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbor. That is the whole Torah; the rest is commentary. Go and study it."

:clap: :clap: Go Rabbi Hillel!!

[Arete]

I got one, also from Francis Schaeffer. On the relationship between society at large and religious fundementalism:

"You cannot rearrange village life around the village idiot."