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Htom Sirveaux

(1,242 posts) Thu Jun 5, 2014, 09:43 PM Jun 2014

Believers, do you base your morality on divine revelation? Enlightened self-interest?

Some mix of the two? Another philosophical foundation?

I'm very interested in other liberal believers' thinking on morals and their foundations

(Cross-posted in Interfaith group)

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Believers, do you base your morality on divine revelation? Enlightened self-interest? (Original Post) Htom Sirveaux Jun 2014 OP

"To each according to his need" rug Jun 2014 #1

Scripture, tradition, and reason are the three-legged stole for the Anglican faith and it is how I hrmjustin Jun 2014 #2

rug

(82,333 posts)

1. "To each according to his need"

Reply to Htom Sirveaux (Original post)

Thu Jun 5, 2014, 10:26 PM

Jun 2014

It's found in Marx's "Critique of the Gotha program" and at Acts 4:35.

hrmjustin

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2. Scripture, tradition, and reason are the three-legged stole for the Anglican faith and it is how I

Reply to Htom Sirveaux (Original post)

Thu Jun 5, 2014, 10:34 PM

Jun 2014

get my morality now. Also my parents are moral people and gavr me a good moral compass.

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