An Ampersand entry.
Topic: "That's what passes for love these days." - Ron Sexsmith ("These Days")
(this can be interpreted any way you like)
"And you shall love
the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your
might" -- from the V'ahavta, recited right after the Sh'ma in Jewish
prayers.
"And what doth the Lord require of thee, But to do
justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God." -- the prophet
Micah
"God is love" -- any number of penny-ante
theosophers.
News:
More Iraqis than Americans are dying in the daily bombings
intended to get the US out of the Muslim world.
The Episcopal church may
split because a bishop has been appointed who will not keep his love
secret.
Orthodox Jews have been known to attack women with bare arms or
uncovered heads at the Wailing Wall.
The Peoples of the Book are still
killing each other over which meanifestation of God's Love is the One True
Way.
And this is what passes for Love these
days?