Who penned each of the following, and under what circumstances? What is your reaction to each statement without knowing the authors and the situations? What are the similarities and differences of the statements out of context, but knowing the context and the authors, is your reaction to each statement the same?
Statement 1
“Our desire is not that others might be relieved while you are hard pressed, but that there might be equality. At the present time your plenty will supply what they need, so that in turn their plenty will supply what you need.”
Statement 2
“From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs.”
Both statements ostensibly seek the same end though they are addressed to different audiences and seek to attain the end by different means.
ReplyDeleteAre you deliberately not helping the audience by not answering the quiz questions in their entirety? :-)
ReplyDeleteYes.
ReplyDeleteI was disappointed to read on wikipedia that the origin of the second phrase is The New Testament.
ReplyDeleteSo much for wikipedia.
I've been thinking about Wikipedia, and there may be a shred of truth to that. Remember when Jesus was in the wilderness, Satan twisted the words of Psalm 91 to his own ends.
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