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Christianity and Racism Leviticus 19:33-34: "Do not ill-treat foreigners who are living in your land. Treat them as you would a fellow Israelite, and love them as you love yourself. Remember that you where once foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am the lord your God" The above passage from the Old Testament tells Christians not to discriminate against foreigners. It could therefore be interpreted as strongly anti-racist. There is a very similar quote from earlier in the bible, this describes clearly the Christian perspective on prejudice "love your neighbours as you love yourself". Jesus is shown to be anti-racist when he says: "I tell you, I have never found faith like this, not even in Israel" This he says of a Roman centurion and Gentile A well-known anti-prejudice story in the Bible is that of the Good Samaritan. This tells of a man who was robbed and beaten being rescued by another man whose...

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