1. What is compassion and why is it key to understanding God

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Compassion and God 's Self-Revelation

Compassion is a compound word , formed by putting up the words co and passion ' together , which literally means together ' and strong feeling ' respectively . As such , the word compassion literally mans having a strong feeling about the other . It may be considered feeling a strong emotion over the predicaments of others feeling for their pain , or their loss . It may also call for works that may eliminate or at least decrease the pain . Compassion is mostly manifested by acts of

kindness like sharing , giving comfort or consolation , and extending sympathy and genuine concern (Dhammika

Compassion may be considered as the best thing one can extend to another person as all its manifestations are the best in human beings It leads to the presentation of aspects of man that may be considered as God 's likeness . As such , it may be considered as a way for God 's self-revelation to his people (Dhammika

Different to God 's self revelation to Moses during the olden days where the Israelites were committing idolatry while Moses was talking to God at Mt . Sinai , God 's modern day self revelation may not happen on the spiritual low points in mankind 's history . It may actually happen when man 's spirituality is at its all-time high (Laney 37

As compassion leads to actions that are based on the teachings of Jesus and other prophets of Gods , it may then be considered as the manifestations of the existence of...