The Good Samaritan and the Roman Centurion Would like a Word
- Donald R. McClarey
Donald R. McClarey
Cradle Catholic. Active in the pro-life movement since 1973. Father of three, one in Heaven, and happily married for 43 years. Small town lawyer and amateur historian. Former president of the board of directors of the local crisis pregnancy center for a decade.
“ My Father is working until now, and I am working.”
Of course, and Everywhere .. Everyone…
Scholar of the Law: … And who is my neighbor?
Jesus: You know those folks up north you hate so much?
The dictum says nothing about being a one way street. Just as you would not invite a brigand into your house neither you would accept an uninvited person.
The Good Samaritan was wise enough to avoid taking on more charity work than he was able to handle. He didn’t impose a tax on other people to fund his charity. The modern social justice advocates are more than willing to involuntarily impose the doing of charity on people and communities that never agreed to provide this charity. The appetite of the modern social justice advocates appears to be unlimited, so long as other people have to pay for it and suffer the consequences.
Greg B
In my opinion, it is worse than that.
By compelling, by law, the help that might have been given as a free gift, you also stunt the spiritual growth of the giver. He acts, at best, as one under obedience instead of one who acts out of love of neighbor for love of God.