SUNDAY QUOTATION BLOGGING: TEN COMMANDMENTS FOR RELIGIOUS LIBERALS

1.       I will not exploit my fellow humans, using them as means to my own ends-- neither my parents nor my children; my husband nor my wife; neither those in my service nor those whom I serve.

2.       I will not let others do to me, insofar as I am able, what I would not do to them.

3.       I will be forgiving: remembering that forgetting takes a longer time.

4.       I will keep my promises.

5.       I will be forthright with my opinions, but I will listen when others speak.

6.       I will be honest in my thinking, as well as my acting, not only to others, but also to myself.

7.       I will try to keep my head, even if I've lost my temper.

8.       I will not fear changing my mind nor admitting to error.

9.       I will not pretend, nor live beyond my means.

10.     I will seek to have pride without arrogance; humility without cowardice. 

                                                              -- The Rev. Paul N. Carnes

Comments

[h sofia]

The ninth commandment especially strikes a chord with me, as it addresses excesses in both the religious and secular society. "I will not pretend," - oh, if only the adults I had known as a child had not pretended to believe things they did not truly believe, and had been honest about their questioning and their doubts. And how many families have been torn apart because the parents were not willing to admit to themselves that they had less money than they wanted?

[Nathanael Eagle]

"I will not exploit my fellow humans, using them as means to my own ends-- neither my parents nor my children; my husband nor my wife; neither those in my service nor those whom I serve."

Is Kant's categorical imperative really coming back into popularity? If so, I'm glad to hear it, though I'm not sure dressing it up with pseudo-Biblical language really helps its cause.

"I will not let others do to me, insofar as I am able, what I would not do to them."

This is terrifying on so many levels.

[The Happy Feminist]

hmmm ... I'm not sure that I see the connection with Kant's categorical imperative. It reminded me more of Martin Buber's striving for I-thou relationships, although perhaps not quite as stringent-- and in more easily understandable language.

I am not sure when this was written but I Paul Carnes died in 1979 -- so sometime before then.

Number 2 has had me puzzling ever since I put it up. It's the only one that doesn't seem to make sense.

[h sofia]

Nathaniel -
That one certainly implies that the person is coming from a place of not wanting to do harm.

[Aideen]

I reckon number two means not being a doormat and having self-respect. It struck a particular chord with me cos I tend to do that a lot - ie. let people talk to me in ways I don't particularly like and be too polite to say anything about it.

[Lilymally]

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We love to catch celebrities unwittingly showing them. Sometimes it's an genuinely unintentional nipple slip, other times it's obvious they're doing it for attention. But we've never had a celebrity show off her nipples on national television. Especially not a third nipple. But that's exactly what British singer, and cutie, Lily Allen did.

Yes, Lily Allen has a third nipple, and she's definitely not afraid to show it off. She actually whipped it out in the middle of an appearance on a British game show, and had the cameras zoom right in. Now you know you're never going to see that on American TV.



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