Richard Aberdeen
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- Jun 4, 2026
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1) You will know the truth and the truth will make you free. This provides both the proper goal of education, to know what is true and the proper reason for being educated, so we can be free. Education not based on the proper goal, to know what is true and/or, the proper reason for knowing what is true, so we can be free, is not worthy of the term 'education'. Unfortunately, this includes most of what passes for 'education' in the modern 21st Century world, which is generally focused on becoming educated so one can earn more money.
2) Put your sword in its place, for all who take the sword will perish by the sword. Consider how brave it was for Jesus to say this while a group of Roman soldiers were waiting to take him away to be crucified, the sword being the symbol of the might of the Roman Empire. And consider that to this day, no one has come up with a better solution for ending war and other human violence. This same axiom can be found in even more profound detail in Revelation 13.
3) Solomon in all his glory was not clothed as well as a common field lily. This is by far the greatest environmental statement known in human history, given at a time and place where such an issue wasn't even on the general public radar. To pretend that Jesus didn't care about the environment is to say that one of his followers, the first prominent modern environmentalist Albert Schweitzer, didn't care about the environment. Jesus is first and foremost, human history's greatest example of how important personal example, inspiration and influence is to achieving positive change.
4) Whatever you want people to do to you, do also to them. This is the proper and correct foundation for human and civil rights and, there is no greater proper ethical or human motivational idea in all of human history. To just teach us to do no harm, as some inferior so-called "golden rules" do, isn't nearly as socially and politically effective as teaching us to pro-actively reach out and treat others like we would want them to treat us, even if they aren't first friendly or kind towards us.
5) "These things I command you, that you love one another". For this reason, we will not kill, we will not steal, we will not bear false witness, we will not enslave our fellow human beings, we will not mass pollute the fragile home of our children's future, we will have deep reverence and respect for all of God's creation and, if there be any action worthy for the pursuit of life, liberty, fulfillment, security, happiness and peace on earth, for both human beings and every other living thing on our planet, it is summed up in this, that we love our neighbor as our self.
It is highly recommended that one study the Bible for themselves while, it is not recommended that anyone view reading the Bible as being either a religious ritual or obligation. It is recommended that one read the New Testament completely through at least three times before tackling the Old Testament, because doing so will help one understand the Old Testament better.
2) Put your sword in its place, for all who take the sword will perish by the sword. Consider how brave it was for Jesus to say this while a group of Roman soldiers were waiting to take him away to be crucified, the sword being the symbol of the might of the Roman Empire. And consider that to this day, no one has come up with a better solution for ending war and other human violence. This same axiom can be found in even more profound detail in Revelation 13.
3) Solomon in all his glory was not clothed as well as a common field lily. This is by far the greatest environmental statement known in human history, given at a time and place where such an issue wasn't even on the general public radar. To pretend that Jesus didn't care about the environment is to say that one of his followers, the first prominent modern environmentalist Albert Schweitzer, didn't care about the environment. Jesus is first and foremost, human history's greatest example of how important personal example, inspiration and influence is to achieving positive change.
4) Whatever you want people to do to you, do also to them. This is the proper and correct foundation for human and civil rights and, there is no greater proper ethical or human motivational idea in all of human history. To just teach us to do no harm, as some inferior so-called "golden rules" do, isn't nearly as socially and politically effective as teaching us to pro-actively reach out and treat others like we would want them to treat us, even if they aren't first friendly or kind towards us.
5) "These things I command you, that you love one another". For this reason, we will not kill, we will not steal, we will not bear false witness, we will not enslave our fellow human beings, we will not mass pollute the fragile home of our children's future, we will have deep reverence and respect for all of God's creation and, if there be any action worthy for the pursuit of life, liberty, fulfillment, security, happiness and peace on earth, for both human beings and every other living thing on our planet, it is summed up in this, that we love our neighbor as our self.
It is highly recommended that one study the Bible for themselves while, it is not recommended that anyone view reading the Bible as being either a religious ritual or obligation. It is recommended that one read the New Testament completely through at least three times before tackling the Old Testament, because doing so will help one understand the Old Testament better.
