Word: samaritanism
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...Journeys of Faith I was deeply touched by John McCain's response when asked about his Christian faith [Aug. 18]. He told of his time as a prisoner of war, and of a North Vietnamese guard who was his Good Samaritan. It was like a window into the depths of his faith. His answer truly revealed just what type of person he is. Obama's account of his "Christian j0urney," on the other hand, sounded like a rehearsed answer at a news conference. In proffering his policies for various social problems, he revealed nothing about his faith. He dodged...
...This guard was my Good Samaritan. I will never forget that fellow Christian, and I will never forget that moment. I will always remember as well the Christmas services that my fellow prisoners and I held in a cell, when I gave thanks to God for the blessings he had granted me with the company of men I had come to admire and love...
...Catholics. Quietly but steadily, the Clinton camp has built networks of religious supporters and reintroduced Clinton to them as someone who knows her way around a church picnic. And at the last Democratic debate, she slipped in a religious reference, criticizing immigration laws that would have "criminalized the Good Samaritan and Jesus Christ...
...Iraq and Darfur, Kouchner's driving principle has been what he calls "the right to intervene." It's the idea that governments and nongovernmental organizations cannot let another country's sovereignty stop them from fighting injustice. "You cannot offer humanitarian help and then it's over, like a Good Samaritan," he says. Now that he's Foreign Minister, some French aid organizations worry that he may try to deploy French troops to bolster relief efforts. That, they argue, could strip humanitarian groups of their role as impartial actors in political conflicts. More bluntly, Rony Brauman, a former MSF president...
...that human beings in general are looking for the good things in life, or looking to help each other. I mean I think in general there's a lot of egotism and a lack of altruism. I'm a big fan of the Parables of Jesus about the merciful Samaritan and the Prodigal Son. I think that's the essence of my humanity. But I have the feeling that the reality of life is nearly a caricature of the attitudes phrased by the historical Jesus...