[servo1969]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pztaLx5ydwU&list=UUZWlSUNDvCCS1hBiXV0zKcA

[goldstategop]

One does not have to love a parent. But one should show respect for them as one who gave birth to you and show appreciation for them as our elders.

We have lost sight of that in the West but in non-Western cultures like the Chinese/East Asian Confucian culture, honoring parents and the elders is considered a duty that transcends everything else.

Young people must defer to those older than them because older people have experience and wisdom far beyond their years.

There is much profitable to be learned from one’s ancestors and those who do not esteem them will not see their posterity acknowledge them.

Tradition is an unbroken chain transmitted through the generations and is the cornerstone of conservative thought.

[Biggirl]

I sense there is a reason besides what is written for the NEED to honor one’s parent’s and it is that also to honor those who are in positions of aurthority or leadership as well.

[LearsFool]

We don't have to love our parents?? That's the sort of wrong-headed thinking the Messiah corrected.

And behold, a certain lawyer stood up and tested Him, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?”

He said to him, “What is written in the law? What is your reading of it?”

So he answered and said, “ ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind,’ and ‘your neighbor as yourself.’”

And He said to him, “You have answered rightly; do this and you will live.”

But he, wanting to justify himself, said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”

Then Jesus answered and said: “A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, who stripped him of his clothing, wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead. Now by chance a certain priest came down that road. And when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. Likewise a Levite, when he arrived at the place, came and looked, and passed by on the other side. But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was. And when he saw him, he had compassion. So he went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine; and he set him on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him. On the next day, when he departed, he took out two denarii, gave them to the innkeeper, and said to him, ‘Take care of him; and whatever more you spend, when I come again, I will repay you.’ So which of these three do you think was neighbor to him who fell among the thieves?”

And he said, “He who showed mercy on him.”

Then Jesus said to him, “Go and do likewise.”

Luke 10

[yldstrk]

It’s hard to respect parents who lay around and won’t work, who beat them, who beat the mom, who run around, who get drunk, who get evicted, who us meth......this is what I think the corollary is, the parents need to act right so the kids will consider them honorable.

[ro_dreaming]

Bflr

[St_Thomas_Aquinas]

Love is a term that is used ambiguously. Today, the term is synonymous with affection.

But Christian love is something different. True love is to desire the highest and best for another. And the highest and best for another is salvation.

In this sense, love includes "tough love," reproaching the sinner, and telling the truth. So it is not only possible, but mandatory, for Christians to love everyone, even bad parents.