The holy faith of reformed samaritanism


The vanity of a religious identity that doesn’t translate into righteous living



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Reformed Samaritanism General Overview

The vanity of a religious identity that doesn’t translate into righteous living 
Reformed Samaritanism advises all men to avoid placing an excessive amount of trust unto “having the right 
theology”, or “having the right religious identity”. Why? Because Scripture compares men with trees (“
The 
fruit of the righteous is a tree of life
… 
The tree that thou sawest
, which grew, and was strong, whose height
reached unto the heaven… 
whose leaves were fair, and the fruit thereof much… It is thou, O king
[Nebuchadnezzar]….”- Proverbs 11:30, & Daniel 4:17-19, JPS 1917 Edition). Why is man compared to a 
tree? In order to teach that God’s own religion is “performance based”. In other words, that just as a tree is 
valued by it’s fruit, so does God value men by their fruits (“It hath been told thee, O man, what is good, and 
what the Lord doth require of thee?: only to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy 
God
”- Micah 6:8, JPS 1917 Edition). What does it mean? It means that, while knowing Torah (God’s Law) is
indeed an awesome thing, it can't be an end unto itself. Why? Because you can know Torah [God’s Law] and 
yet still be a “rasha” (a wicked person). In fact, being the wisest man of all, King Solomon knew far more 
Torah than any of us will ever do, yet he ended up worshiping idols. Not only that, but he went on to oppress 
his own people; so that [after his death] Israelites had to ask his son for some kind of relief from their 
burdens (“
Thy father made our yoke grievous; now therefore make thou the grievous service of thy father, 
and his heavy yoke which he put upon us, lighter
, and we will serve thee”- 1 Kings 12:4, JPS 1917 Edition).
And the fact that the Holy One is far more pleased with the person’s actions than with such person’s self 
serving theology (or religious identity) is also attested by the verses that go on to say: «

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