I was recently re-reading MLK's sermon "Loving Your Enemies" written in 1957. I've pasted it below. It's well worth a read. He goes into the various Greek words for love (philia, eros, agape) and gets to the meaning of agape love as a "redemptive goodwill for all men" which means, among other things, that you shouldn't hate your enemies and if you have a chance to destroy your enemies, that you shouldn't do it -- even if you could.
Loving Your Enemies and Why Islam Is Screwed-up
Loving Your Enemies and Why Islam Is…
Loving Your Enemies and Why Islam Is Screwed-up
I was recently re-reading MLK's sermon "Loving Your Enemies" written in 1957. I've pasted it below. It's well worth a read. He goes into the various Greek words for love (philia, eros, agape) and gets to the meaning of agape love as a "redemptive goodwill for all men" which means, among other things, that you shouldn't hate your enemies and if you have a chance to destroy your enemies, that you shouldn't do it -- even if you could.