I quoted the preeminent church father himself, St. Thomas Aquinas. If we let God work through us for food, then we starve to death. At some point, we have to take responsibility for ourselves, whether that be to find sustenance or create the optimal state.
On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 9:00 PM, Chris Hahn <[email protected]> wrote: > Mike, > > You are missing the Christian definition of humble that Ernie referenced. > It is not about submitting to one's superior in an old British sense of > social class; rather, it is about listening to God. If we presume to tell > God what is in our best interest, then we are lacking humility. Arrogance > is the presumption that we can usurp the infinite intelligence of God with > our human will. Humility allows God to work through us for a higher > purpose. Ernie can probably elaborate more eloquently. > > One thing is clear in our discussion today... words matter. If the terms > progressive or humility have loaded meanings that distract the casual > reader > from the true message, then we need to find better words. > > Chris > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael > Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2012 5:42 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [RC] On humility > > Aristotle placed pride as the proper mean between humility and vanity. Why > not fulfill our agenda with pride? One of central pieces of our ideology is > that we freely usurp parts of anything right, but that doesn't mean that we > need to fight placidly, as if we're only borrowing the truth. A certain > sense of purpose in implementation is a virtue, even if we aren't the 'true > believer' type. > > Keep in mind St. Thomas Aquinas' definition of humility, that it "consists > in keeping oneself within one's own bounds, not reaching out to things > above > one, but submitting to one's superior." Is that really what we want to be- > people who submit themselves to servitude? > > -- > Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community > <[email protected]> > Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism > Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org > > -- > Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community < > [email protected]> > Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism > Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org > -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org
