Talk:Matthew 5:5

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I'm not a regular wikipedia editor, so don't know how to bring this to your attention properly, but large sections of this article are (I think quite clearly) not encyclopaedic in tone or objectivity. E.g. they are written in first person, and seem clearly narrative and opinionated:

"Let me give you some examples of what strength under control can look like: For instance a ballerina, trapeze artist or an Olympic athlete are examples of strength under control. It takes great strength and self control to be a skilled dancer or athlete. Learning a skill like these cannot be accomplished with an angry blast of rage. The judges will not give you high marks if the athlete tries to intimidate them with verbal abuse. Either you have mastered the skill or you have not mastered it. They judge according to criteria. Instead success is gained through a dedicated non violent approach. It is the only thing that will work. These people gain their amazing awe inspiring strength in a "gentle" non-violent way.

Another set of examples are skilled workmen. I could not build a house. I do not know how to do plumbing or electrical work or even lay a cement foundation, let alone figure out how to put the frame together. However almost anyone has the physical ability to tear it down. Since literally almost anyone has the ability to reduce a work of art to rubble, true strength is being able to build something great and yet remain civilized in the way they do it. In other words do it in a gentle or meek way.

"Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth" ultimately means setting goals and fulfilling them in a civilized, dedicated and mutually respectful manner. This is meant to be in contrast to tapping into hate and anger which ultimately results in violence which leads to destruction. If played out to the end destruction only leads to death. The logical end is if everything is destroyed there is nothing left to enherit. If you are dead you cannot inherit anything either. The ones who survive and inherit the earth are the one who figured out how to problem solve (gain power over a difficult situation) in a peaceful way." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 105.227.10.113 (talk) 08:28, 23 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Summary/Introduction section[edit]

This section is... a disaster. I'm not sure who added all the extra text at the beginning, it looks like someone added a long quote from a secondary source into the introduction and didn't cite it. It doesn't belong there, that is more like a commentary on Matthew 5:5 rather than a summary of its content. I'll delete it within a few weeks if nobody has any objections. Señorsnazzypants talk 03:27, 10 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

“Cultural use”[edit]

It would seem to me that the whole section is pointless, since it bears no real importance to the actual verse, nor do other beatitudes include such a section.

But that is just my own point of view, something I think is less arguable is that it’s inappropriately ordered, it seems more than a little silly to give higher pride of place to pop singers than to the Church fathers on a page mainly meant to discuss the exegesis and scholarly work regarding a biblical passage. ViralAnsatz (talk) 11:36, 13 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]