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Sadly, sometimes the folks who ought best know and follow Christ’s teachings (i.e., Christians) seem furthest from them. Tracy (a psych nurse) reports from a Christian hospital (full of overtly Christian nurses)<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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It all started with a report of a woman who was suffering from post-partum depression (with a little psychosis thrown in for good measure). She decided one day that her infant needed to be cleansed of bad spirits and lowered the baby into a tub of scalding hot water. FIGHT that initial reaction just for a second. The woman was fucking insane. She was not in her right mind. She heard voices and believed God was speaking to her. She actually believed that the only way to cure her baby was to cleanse her in this
\nmanner. I felt that. I ached for her. I was just about to say, \u201cThat poor woman…\u201d when the charge nurse slammed the tape recorder off and said, \u201cThis woman she be burned alive!\u201d <\/p>\n

What followed were comments like, \u201cShe should be boiled alive,\u201d \u201cShe should be stoned to death,\u201d and \u201cSkinning her alive wouldn\u2019t be harsh enough.\u201d I sat in silence until realizing they were waiting for me to say something. I did. I said, \u201cWould ya listen to all the Christians.\u201d <\/p>\n

They stared in shock. Because the silence filled the room with such discomfort I thought I should say something else. \u201cJudge not, lest ye be judged.\u201d That didn\u2019t go over well either. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Tracy goes on to relate further how the nursing staff dealt with the woman while in their care. It’s not pretty.<\/p>\n

What most folks forget about the parable of the Good Samaritan<\/a> is that, after being bypassed by a fellow Jew and by a priest, the victim in the parable was helped by a Samaritan — something akin to a story of an Israeli being helped by a Palestinian. Following Christ, and Christ’s direct of what is necessary to have eternal life<\/a> (something
\none would think Christians would be more than passingly interested in), requires compassion in both thought and, certainly, in actions<\/em> to everyone<\/em>, regardless of how repulsive you find their actions, their people, their traditions, their beliefs, or their Otherness.<\/p>\n

Something I<\/em> certainly need a reminder of now and again.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

(via Solonor<\/a> and Les<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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