"If you are honest and humble, turning away from evil and doing instead what is good, you already have the right religion"

Defend human rights? Demand absolute equality? Whose rights? And whose equality? The rights and equality of the elite that prevails by the force of their wealth and power? Or the rights and equality of the poor and weak being oppressed by such elite?

When secular powers preach equality and human rights, Samaritan believers begin to worry. Can the weak be equal to the powerful? Can the sheep be equal to the lion? Does a lion have the right to demand “to be equal” to the sheep, so that he is allowed to live with the latter inside the same cage?
Tradition has it that on one occasion the Roman emperor (Cesar) ordered a Hebrew sage named “Tanhum” (the spiritual leader of the Hebrew community) to come before him. Then Caesar proceeded to tell him: “Come, and let us be one people” [that is, I want you to tell your people that the Roman Empire demands equity; so that both Romans and Hebrews are completely equal]. “Very good”, replied the Rabbi, “But, since we are already circumcised, we cannot go back, to become like you (uncircumcised). So, you go and get circumcised; so that you can be equal to us. Cesar responded by saying, “Well said! But [since it is politically incorrect to prevail against the Emperor, thus offending He who holds imperial power] your punishment will be to be thrown to the wild beasts [in the Roman arena]”.
Thus, the alleged equality that the Empire was trying to implement was actually a veiled attack against anyone who differed with the powers of the day.
Note: Interestingly, Tanhum was indeed thrown to the wild beasts. But miraculously, the lions refused to devour him. Seeing the miracle, a daring Roman stood up and shouted aloud from the stands: “If the beasts do not devour him, it is only because they are not hungry! ” On beholding his brazen boldness, the outraged onlookers around him decided that the just response to such impudence could not be other than to give him a spoonful of his own medicine. So they proceeded to throw him into the Arena, where the lions immediately devoured him.

" If you are honest and humble, turning away from evil and doing instead what is good, you already have the right religion"

Seven signs your friend or family member has fallen victim to the " Woke" mind virus

1) Smugness. An absolute, unwavering, and arrogantly condescending attitude toward all non-woke opinions (While a trait in itself, it is related to number 2).

2) Lack of introspection. No trace of self-questioning or apparent inner monologue. No sense of fairness or understanding of relative opinion.

3) Quickness to anger. Willingness to not only voice their opinion on any occasion, with anyone, even when outnumbered, but to do so angrily. A willingness to cut off any friend or family member who won't comply with woke belief.

4) Nihilist atheism. They will rant a lot about science, while at the same time ignoring science that doesn't comply with their beliefs. They tend to assume you are dogmatically religious if you don't agree with them. They will cling to a strongly negative nihilism believing that everything is ultimately hopeless, and that it is sardonic hubris to do or believe in anything (which ties into number 6).

5) Dishonesty. They are willing to be openly dishonest to further their viral ideas. If they lose a point in an argument, they move on to a new point, never acknowledging or acquiescing that a point was lost. When all attack points are used, personal attacks begin. The past is a blank slate open to revision.

6) Self-absorbed. This one takes a while to notice, but it seems a give-away idiosyncrasy that you are dealing with a woke-infection if the person has become abnormally self-centered, and in conversation, does not so much reciprocate, as talk about themselves, always positive or self-aggrandizing, often unrealistically. They may also insert self-pity, it seems to generally exacerbate a need for attention-seeking.

7) Depression, low self-worth, anxiety (likely the subconscious result of numbers 4 and 6 in particular). Any genuine personal questioning of the subject usually reveals deep worries and angst, and often mental health issues.

Biological nature determines the existence of just two human sexes. Then, whether due to lack of health, discipline, or morality, a tiny sector of the population has a tendency to disagree with its nature. Faced with such scenario, the believer has the responsibility to respect such person; but he should not feel any obligation to applaud such a deviation, let alone to instil it into those who do not suffer from it (especially children). As the noble Christian religion teaches, when it goes on to say: “See to it that you don’t despise one of these little ones, because I tell you that in heaven their angels continually view the face of my Father in heaven… It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea than for him to cause one of these little ones to stumble”- Matthew 18: 10 & Luke 17: 2 (Christian Standard Bible).

“ We shall soon be in a world in which people will be so obsessed with lies and self deception, that a man will be hanged from a tree for maddening a mob with the idea that fresh grass is actually green”- G. K. Chesterton, circa 1930 C. E.