Jesus laid little stress upon the commandments as they stood. He neither
sought to emphasize them, nor to criticise them. All that he said was:
"A new commandment give I unto you: that ye love one another."
All truly illumined minds have made love the basis of their teaching, well
knowing that where true love reigns there can be no destruction.
Love conquers fear--the arch-enemy of mankind.
Love makes it impossible to harm the thing loved, and universal love would
make it impossible, for one experiencing it, to consciously bring the
slightest pain to any living thing.
Therefore Jesus taught repeatedly the doctrine of love, and he made no new
commandments other than this.
It has been said that inasmuch as Jesus laid greater emphasis upon this one
great need than had any previous inspired teacher, he deserves greater
honor.
Theologians whose purpose it is to promulgate the doctrine of Christianity
as superior to others, use this argument in support of their contention
that Jesus was the only true son of God.
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