How does this Judeo-Christian idea connect to earlier
Greco-Roman ideas?
But I tell you, love your enemies, bless those who curse
you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those
who mistreat you and persecute you, that you may be
children of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes
his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on
the just and the unjust.
-Matthew 5:44-45,
World English Bible
It explores the distinction between good and evil.
It acknowledges that all people have enemies.
It stresses that all people have intrinsic value.
It supports the importance of reading the Bible.
