Monday, January 12, 2009

People Who Live In Glass Houses

Equality
1. The condition or quality of being equal; agreement in quantity or degree as compared; likeness in bulk, value, rank, properties, etc.; as, the equality of two bodies in length or thickness; an equality of rights.
2. Sameness in state or continued course; evenness; uniformity; as, an equality of temper or constitution.

Narrow-minded
1. Having or showing a prejudiced mind, as persons or opinions; biased.
2. Not receptive to new ideas; having a closed mind.
3. Extremely conservative and morally self-righteous.

Hypocrisy
1. A pretense of having a virtuous character, moral or religious beliefs or principles, etc., that one does not really possess.
2. A pretense of having some desirable or publicly approved attitude.
3. The practice of professing beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not hold or possess; falseness.

Discrimination
1. Treatment or consideration of, or making a distinction in favor of or against, a person or thing based on the group, class, or category to which that person or thing belongs rather than on individual merit: racial and religious intolerance and discrimination.
2. The power of making fine distinctions; discriminating judgment.

Prejudice
1. An unfavorable opinion or feeling formed beforehand or without knowledge, thought, or reason.
2. Any preconceived opinion or feeling, either favorable or unfavorable.
3. Unreasonable feelings, opinions, or attitudes, esp. of a hostile nature, regarding a racial, religious, or national group.

Segregation
1. The act or process of segregating or the condition of being segregated.
2. The policy or practice of separating people of different races, classes, or ethnic groups, as in schools, housing, and public or commercial facilities, especially as a form of discrimination.

Sexism
1. Discriminatory or abusive behavior towards members of the opposite sex

Racism
1. A belief or doctrine that inherent differences among the various human races determine cultural or individual achievement, usually involving the idea that one's own race is superior and has the right to rule others.
2. A policy, system of government, etc., based upon or fostering such a doctrine; discrimination.
3. Hatred or intolerance of another race or other races.

Genocide
1. The deliberate and systematic extermination of a national, racial, political, or cultural group.

Hate
1. To feel hostility or animosity toward.
2. To detest.
3. To feel dislike or distaste for
4. To dislike intensely or passionately; feel extreme aversion for or extreme hostility toward; detest

Love
1. A profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person.
2. A feeling of warm personal attachment or deep affection, as for a parent, child, or friend.
3. Affectionate concern for the well-being of others: the love of one's neighbor.
4. The benevolent affection of God for His creatures, or the reverent affection due from them to God.

To truly love you must love the differences. You must love the perfections as well as the imperfections. It is not enough to love some and not all. If you can't treat people equally can you truly say you believe in love?

Judge not, lest ye be judged.
~Matthew 7:1~

Beloved, let us love one another.
For love is of God
And everyone who loves
Is born of God and knows God.
He who loveth not, knoweth not God, for God is love.
~1 John 4:7-8~

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