tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6236017686155029780.post157091598305380615..comments2023-05-28T07:55:08.896-05:00Comments on Be About Your Fathers Business: The Seven Cardinal VirtuesSherri Watthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14881063773709539588noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6236017686155029780.post-25289405859453476182009-03-04T10:21:00.000-06:002009-03-04T10:21:00.000-06:00Gaga,I would ask you only to see where I go with i...Gaga,<BR/><BR/>I would ask you only to see where I go with it. I don't think you will be disappointed. <BR/><BR/>I am not concerned with what Plato had to say about these virtues but what God has to say about them. <BR/><BR/>Read todays post.<BR/><BR/>Hugs!Sherri Watthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14881063773709539588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6236017686155029780.post-47554066069493545522009-03-04T08:43:00.000-06:002009-03-04T08:43:00.000-06:00No doubt society is morally bankrupt, but that's b...No doubt society is morally bankrupt, but that's because they don't have the Holy Spirit to transform them into the image of Christ.<BR/><BR/>If we simply tell people the right things to do, I think we're apt to just create more white-washed hypocrites, and our churches have enough of those.<BR/><BR/>I once had a discussion with a Christian counselor, who said he never discussed God or Jesus with a client unless they brought it up. My counter was that teaching people how to behave properly wasn't going to get anyone into heaven. How can we preach Christ crucified without pointing to Christ? How can we build a Christian house on a worldly foundation?<BR/><BR/>I know there are many good Christians that would agree with you on this, but I'm not one of them. I've been accused of being a purist and it's true - perhaps because before I was a Christian, I held many good, moral beliefs that brought me no closer to Christ.<BR/><BR/>God bless you, Sherri. We don't have to agree on everything.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6236017686155029780.post-12565091191384273322009-03-04T07:24:00.000-06:002009-03-04T07:24:00.000-06:00Thanks GaGa,I know it seems weird but I do believe...Thanks GaGa,<BR/><BR/>I know it seems weird but I do believe we can take some good from the study of the virtues themselves, which is where I am going. Then on to the 7 seven deadly sins vs the seven heavenly virtues.<BR/><BR/>In a society that is morally bankrupt I believe it benefits us to look at what a virtuous person should be.<BR/><BR/>Hugs!Sherri Watthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14881063773709539588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6236017686155029780.post-9460169218811651932009-03-04T06:15:00.000-06:002009-03-04T06:15:00.000-06:00I've gotta admit, you've got me befuddled on this ...I've gotta admit, you've got me befuddled on this one, Sherri. I can see studying the fruits of the Spirit, but I'm trying to figure out what led you to study the seven cardinal virtues.<BR/><BR/>As you stated, they originated with Plato, a Greek philosopher. They were developed by St. Thomas Aquinas, the main proponent of scholasticism, whose purpose was to "reconcile the Christian theology of the Church Fathers with the Greek philosophy of Aristotle and his commentators."<BR/>(wikipedia)<BR/><BR/>In contrast to being salt and light, this school sought to integrate human philosophy with Christianity, and introduced much leaven into the church.<BR/><BR/>Wattcha thinkin', sister?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com