Talking about
someone who demonstrates competent communication within a particular context, I
could think of Jesus, the central figure of Christianity. In one specific situation, his
effective skills of ethical communication was fully displayed.
The Bible records (in the book of John, chapter
8) the incident where a woman was caught in adultery and was brought to
Jesus. The Pharisees made her
stand before the crowd and said to Jesus, “Teacher, this woman was caught in
the act of adultery. In the Law,
Moses commanded us to stone such women.
Now what do you say?”
According to the Bible, Jesus did not answer
the question immediately; instead he bent down and wrote something on the
ground. When they kept on asking
him, he stood up and said to them, “If any one of you is without sin, let him
be the first to throw a stone on her.”
After saying, he stooped down and wrote on the ground.
Having heard what Jesus has said, the crowd
began to go away one at a time, until only Jesus was left, with the woman still
standing there. Jesus stood up and
asked her, “Woman, where are they?
Has no one condemn you?”
“No one, sir,” she replied.
“Then neither do I condemn you,” Jesus declared. “Go now and leave your life of sin.”
What a touching story! Through his skills of communication,
Jesus stopped the crowd to inflict discrimination, degrading, intimidating,
exploitative, physical harmful practices on the woman. Instead, he demonstrated and promoted
the spirit of forgiving, fairness and justice. Jesus has provided a model for us to follow, as far as
ethical communication is concerned.
Wong,
ReplyDeleteI absolutely agree that Jesus is a competent communicator. On many occasions the Bible give us examples of how Jesus was a great communicator. He was able to speak to crowds of thousands at a time. He was able to communicate with his apostles as well. This was possibly his most important communication. This is the reason that Christianity is here today. Without the apostles writing down the stories we would not have access to them today.
Wong,
ReplyDeleteYes, Jesus was a great communicator. It would be great if we all had the knowledge, temperment and skill that Jesus had. We can try to walk in his footsteps and as humans we somtimes fail and then try again.
Leslie Porter
Yes, I agree. Jesus was/is the ultimate competent communicator. He was a great teacher and listener, He wasn't judgemental and was always providing relevant information. Whenever He spoke it was with a purpose.
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