USA Africa Dialogue Series - Re: Quotes By Chidi Anthony Opara

Chidi,

Why should it be fruitless to reason with a releigious adherent who
only reads his own scriptures?

Moving on, yes, sometimes, "Too much of one thing is good for nothing
"

I wouldn't describe myself as "well-trained" in Judaism, even some of
the rabbis and cantors I know would be too modest to say that. Anyway,
I've studied it more than anything else that I know, almost
uninterruptedly the past sixteen years, so in the spirit of mortal
fallibility let me take a shot at your saying

"If too much of everything is bad, then, what amount of a
good deed can be said to be bad?" (Chidi Anthony Opara )

Chesed /loving-kindness is a good quality to qualify oneself with
http://www.google.co.uk/#hl=en&sugexp=les%3B&gs_nf=3&cp=6&gs_id=59&xhr=t&q=CHesed&pf=p&output=search&sclient=psy-ab&oq=CHesed&gs_l=&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&fp=8ef50f93c8a3f6ce&bpcl=38626820&biw=1024&bih=634

– but that in the case of King Saul, he probably had too much Chesed,
bordering on misplaced humility and modesty, to the extent that he
disobeyed the Almighty's commandment to destroy Amalek in I Samuel
15:1 and condemned for not doing Agag in 1 Samuel 15: 16 ff

http://www.aish.com/jl/h/cc/48936347.html

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Articles/Article.aspx/11320#.UKPi5mfQu9s


On 11 Nov, 15:09, ChidiAnthonyOparaPoetry
<chidianthonyoparapoe...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> (1) To reason with an adherent, who in addition to scriptures of
> own religion, reads and ponders scriptures of other religions is fruitful, but
> to reason with an adherent who reads only scriptures of own religion is fruitless.
>
> (2) If too much of everything is bad, then, what amount of a
> good deed can be said to be bad?
>
> (3) The things that fortify us are also the things that make us
> vulnerable.
>
> (4) Belief in, and reverence for God need not be like political
> parties' manifestoes that must be publicly presented.
>
> (5) One notable fact feminists neglect is the fact that so far,
> no Pope had been female.
>
>
>
> Reproductions in part or in whole, in whatever forms, of ChidiAnthonyOparaPoetry, except for non-profit information and education purposes, without a written permission from the author is not allowed.

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