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A Christmas Carol
by Charles Dickens
Scrooge and Marley, Est. 1843 at 17 Thames St, London. Which do you want to be?
Beloved tale of selfishness, regret, and repentance, but also one of judgement. Scrooge received forgiveness; his partner Jacob Marley did not.
Marley's ghost was transparent, a reference to him missing "the bowels of compassion" (1 John 3:17). In the 21st century, people refer to feelings emanating from the heart (one exception is the eponym for courage: guts). Hundreds and thousands of years earlier, people more commonly referred to feelings originating from other parts of our core.
Regardless, here's a more modern translation of the principle behind Dickens' classic: "If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them, how can the love of God be in that person?" Scrooge saw the error of his ways and turned his life around.
So, instead of "don't be a Scrooge," we should say, "don't be a Marley."
Beloved tale of selfishness, regret, and repentance, but also one of judgement. Scrooge received forgiveness; his partner Jacob Marley did not.
Marley's ghost was transparent, a reference to him missing "the bowels of compassion" (1 John 3:17). In the 21st century, people refer to feelings emanating from the heart (one exception is the eponym for courage: guts). Hundreds and thousands of years earlier, people more commonly referred to feelings originating from other parts of our core.
Regardless, here's a more modern translation of the principle behind Dickens' classic: "If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them, how can the love of God be in that person?" Scrooge saw the error of his ways and turned his life around.
So, instead of "don't be a Scrooge," we should say, "don't be a Marley."