Well, in a truly humane environment, the audience would have said: this is a stupid story. Of course the priest would have stopped to help. Of course, the Levite would have stopped to help. The victim would have been on his way to hospice long before the Samaritan got there!" But in our imperfect world, the story seems true to life
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Date: 2012-03-05 11:53 pm (UTC)