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What does it mean to live in the world with a truly compassionate heart,?

a heart that remains open to all people at all times?

"Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you." Matt 5:44

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  • 9 years ago
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    Do to others what you would have done to you

    Loving one's enemies does not mean cooperating with them in one's own or other's destruction and misery

    Praying for the good of one's persecutors is an important first step

  • ?
    Lv 7
    9 years ago

    It's beyond the capacity of most people. It's a quality only those who have experienced and overcome genuine hardship in their life can develop.

  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    I would truly enjoy a world with a compassionate heart, people who are compassionate towards each other. You know, on the surface Matt. 5:44 sounds wonderful but sometimes your enemies are beasts, who only desire to see the world burn.

  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    It means whoever said it is a hypocrite who never saw their own family and friends raped, tortured and killed in front of them.

    And it means whoever said it had zero medical knowledge.

  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    it means you're imaginary, because that is impossible.

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