In what the world are we living in

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As a human being who is alert and oriented we should be capable of identifying the deferences between black and white. In contrary though some of as we don't see the differences, Or we ignore the truth and we pick anything that benefit us. Ethics and morality is out of the question as long as we get what we want. Like Bedouin smugglers who kill people to* steal their organs from African refugees in Sinai desert or drug cartels* who live by killing and destroying peoples life. But The worst from all of I mentioned above is when a person kills people who knew, meet or seen before in the name of God which never meet or seen in a real life except heard of god name or read in a book like a fairytale story. Even in the bible or Quran says " if you don't love the person you know you can't love a god you don't know.
 

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I'm not sure your passage is salvageable in English.
Can you cite the verses in the Bible and Quran that give your last line?
 

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Also read Matthew 25:34-45. I will only quote verse 40: 'The King will reply, "Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me."'
So loving God automatically means loving others. If you don't love others, it is as if you don't love God.
For the situation within a family, I will give you Ephesians 5:25: 'Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her'
 

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None of those verses mean what you claim they do.
A simple logical error you've made is to assume that what the King said also means "If you did not do this for one of the least, you have not done it for me."
However, specifically it says nothing about loving a God you know compared to a God you don't know. Christians believe they can know God through Jesus, whereas (correct me if I'm wrong), Muslims believe that God cannot be known. So, your initial quote might be in the Quran.
 

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Sorry i am just practising my writing not trying to preach someone. But if you correct my grammar I would realy appreciate you.otherwise no need to insult my writing Raymott
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Perhaps:

As human beings who are alert and oriented, we should be able to tell the difference between black and white.
 

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Say:

On the contrary, some of us don't see the difference.

(The Bible quote you have been discussing is in the Greek scriptures.)
 

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Say:

Or we ignore the truth, and we choose to do anything that benefits us.
 
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From the paragraph above, Would you level my English level in intermediate or advance?
 

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From the paragraph above, Would you level my English level in intermediate or advance?

Try:

Would you say my English level is intermediate or advanced?
 

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I am not in the habit of handing out letter grades, but I will say a couple of things. When you keep your sentences simple and to the point there seems to be no problem. But when you get into are areas of complexity there are problems. (By "areas of complexity" I mean both using complex sentences and expressing complex thoughts.)
 

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Please note that I have been doing two things. I first have to figure out what you are trying to say. Then I "translate" that into idiomatic English. Note the result. Should your writing look exactly like that? Not necessarily. But it should give you an idea of what you want to do.
 

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Perhaps:

There is no kind of morality except what benefits us is good. Like Bedouin smugglers who kill African refugees in the Sinai desert to get their organs.Or drug cartels that destroy the lives of innocent people.
 

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The relevant Scripture is 1John 4:20. If you go to biblehub.com you will find several translations.
 

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the world are we living in

What do you think?
 

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Re: the world are we living in

Matthew 25:45

He will reply: "Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for the least of these, you did not do for me.
 

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Re: the world are we living in

I couldn't interpret the next to last to last sentence. It's just too convoluted. So unless you want me to look at your other posts on this thread I'm finished here.
 

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Re: the world are we living in

You don't know how much I appreciate your help.
Thank you.
 

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I would realy appreciate you.otherwise no need to insult my writing Raymott
Thank you
I have not insulted your writing; at least that was not my intent. You will understand that most people who post here want their English corrected.
 

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I'm not sure your passage is salvageable in English.
Can you cite the verses in the Bible and Quran that give your last line?]
This was your response. For me Salvageable is an insult. But thank you for trying
 
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