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Mercy and forgiving

Mercy is strictly connected to forgiveness. Why isn't that mentioned? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.208.83.246 (talk) 12:50, 26 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure that Mercy is connected only to forgiveness. Is it not merciful to feed the hungry, clothe the naked, visit the prisoners, welcome the foreigner, etc..?'Italic text Barbara Kathryn Gregory (talk) 05:24, 14 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Grace vs. mercy

It would in my opinion be prudent to discuss these two concepts in the same context since to me they seem to overlap in a rather unclear manner. __meco 06:49, 16 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

El Vandelismo

I believe this page needs to be reverted to its original purpose.

Removed element about euthenasia called mercy-killing

The text mentioned euthenasia being called mercy-killing by its proponents; quite apart from this being a bit extraneous to the subject (particularly set up as being the 'reverse' of clemency) I doubt this is the case. It's more of an old-fashioned term than one side or the other's political code language. It doesn't seem particularly pertient to the article so I'll cut it. 142.167.184.6 03:54, 4 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Mercy Rule in high school sports

Why no mention? And why is this article a carbon copy of the one at answers.com? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.58.149.18 (talk) 16:10, 1 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

WikiProject class rating

This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as stub, and the rating on other projects was brought up to Stub class. BetacommandBot 04:16, 10 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

http://www.hope.ck.ua/

http://www.hope.ck.ua/ —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bogdan t a (talk • contribs) 12:44, 6 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Sections?

Does it not make sense to separate the legal aspect from the religious one? The way I suggest would be a general intro, then a legal section, then a religious and ethical section. And the quote from Shylock is about 40% of the article! That should be trimmed or go, for it is the tail wagging this article. Suggestions? History2007 (talk) 14:35, 21 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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i dont have it. help me, but i want to, truly.

and dont even think about sending me a message....... i am with shiva...))))

...let the song play yaar....play fair...for the children for the children..... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 116.203.118.162 (talk) 08:47, 19 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Concrete examples needed in intro

Hi there,

The intro is really abstract. It would be quite helpful to include a concrete example in the intro, such as that of the Good Samaritan (Luke's gospel^[1]).

Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.6.243.75 (talk) 06:11, 3 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ Luke 10:25-37

No mercy!

Excuse me but I find the inclusion of Islam a joke under mercy. You can't just include ANY religion and call it merciful. In fact I would say that Islam is the exact opposite of merciful. Please remove the reference. Of course if you like most of the leaders in this country you will bend to their will because you are AFRAID of them cutting off your head. Am I right? Not exactly merciful are they. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.100.169.57 (talk) 15:17, 11 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Not exactly true Islam either. Mannanan51 (talk) 23:34, 5 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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What about the name, "Mercy"?

This article doesn't address the use of Mercy as a name. Can I assume that Mercy is one of the Puritan virtue names? What nickname is used for the name of Mercy? Or is Mercy already a nickname? If so, for what name?

Thank you for your time, Wordreader (talk) 05:42, 15 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

[1] Luke 10:25-37

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