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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s not the truth, it’s just one lady’s opinion. [/quote]

People here have a hard time differentiating between opinion and fact, they also think their opinion is the “correct” opinion.[/quote]

As an Episcopalian, I take issue with dismissing the Rt Rev Mariann Edgar Budde“s homily as “just one lady’s opinion”.

Apart from the sexist undertones, Bishop Budde serves as spiritual leader for 88 Episcopal congregations and 10 Episcopal schools in the District of Columbia and four Maryland counties. She also serves as the chair and president of the Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation, which oversees the ministries of the Washington National Cathedral and Cathedral schools.

Many Episcopalians in our diocese have expressed gratitude that she represented our collective values well and spoke humbly about the need for mercy for those who are likely to suffer greatly under the current administration.

There will certainly be some Episcopalians (cradle Episcopalians and more conservative leaning) but I have only heard appreciation for her both from the pulpit and from other parishioners.

She is extremely disciplined, learned and humble in her faith walk. She has a passion for social justice and showing God’s love to all. Her opinion cannot seriously be dismissed so flippantly.

She spoke for many of us.

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None of this is relevant to the fact that it’s still just one lady’s opinion.

You just happen to agree with it. [/quote]

NP. It's not her opinion, it's the Gospel.[/quote]

The Gospel is the BIBLE and only the words written in the Bible. It is NOT a some random lady, religious or not, spouting her opinion of current events. 
That’s like saying everything Tammy Faye Bakker said was the Gospel. [/quote]

Everything she said is based on the words in the BIBLE and only the BIBLE.[/quote]

Did Jesus write the Bible?  I do not believe so.  I believe it was put together a few years after the Crucifixion and Resurrection.
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Agree that Jesus did not write the Bible and 90% of the Gospels are based on oral storytelling passed down verbally over generations recollecting what Jesus said and did long after he died. The oral stories were gradually written down by various authors. Much later, the texts were selected and compiled into a canon by early Christian councils. Most  notably the Council of Rome in 382 AD determined which books were considered divinely inspired and should be included in the Bible.

Old Testament is also believed to be derived from oral storytelling, meaning the stories were passed down through generations of ancient Israelite communities by word of mouth before being written down. The OT was written primarily in Hebrew, while the New Testament was written in Greek and Aramaic.

Nonetheless: despite the evolution of the Bible in its current form being complex — There are many OT and NT references to showing mercy for foreigners as well as other forms of vulnerable people.

The OT repeatedly instructs Israelites to show compassion towards foreigners, especially considering their own history as refugees in Egypt. The concept of "loving the stranger" is a core principle in the Bible, demonstrating God's concern for all people regardless of their origin.

Leviticus 19:33-34 "When a foreigner resides among you in your land, do not mistreat them. Treat the foreigner residing among you as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt."

Deuteronomy 10:18-19:
"He upholds the cause of the fatherless and the widow, and loves the sojourner, giving him food and clothing. So love the sojourner, for you were sojourners in Egypt."

Zechariah 7:9-10:
"Thus says the Lord of hosts, 'Render true judgments, show kindness and mercy to one another, do not oppress the widow, the fatherless, the sojourner, or the poor, and let none of you devise evil against another in your heart'".

New Testament 
Matthew 25:35-40 (welcoming the stranger as welcoming Christ),

Hebrews 13:2 (not forgetting to show hospitality to strangers), and

Luke 10:25-37 (the parable of the Good Samaritan, demonstrating care for someone in need regardless of their background)

Luke 6:36
Be merciful, as your Father is merciful:
Luke 6:36 encourages us to extend the same compassion that God shows to us. [/quote]

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