A Scout has a Duty to God.. as well as Country!
Maybe you don't understand the meaning of the word?
Mitch Silvers on jan 24 1968 wondered if he was up to
his pledge, and the next day found he was...
Gen Robert E Lee said of "Duty"
"No word in the english language is so sublime as the
word duty.. for it's in duty that Honor resides, one
can do no more or should never accept less than this creed..
to Do your Duty"
Also, Jerry Falwell can wait out in the rain with an empty
coffee cup outside my camp all day.
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--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> In a message dated 11/28/2001 2:35:24 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
>
> > >"He is Reverent toward God. He is faithful in his religious duties,
> > >and respects the convictions of others in custom and religion."
>
>
> While on the topic of scouting,
>
> I had heard this on the radio this morning (WWMC out of Liberty
> University in
> Lynchburg, VA) "If Christianity is a religious "DUTY," then God is not
> interested in it because it is not genuinely meant from your heart and
> it is
> only being done to serve some ritual or tradition." If going to church
> was my
> duty, Whose time am I really wasting here? Christianity comes from the
> heart,
> it is not a DUTY. It is a choice that is accepted freely. It is not an
> obligation or assignment.
> As for respecting others in religion and convictions. A Royal Ranger
> is
> taught this by the Golden Rule. He has the choice to accept what the
> other
> person is saying or representing or reject it just as he has the choice
> to
> accept or reject Christ. He doesn't have to like. It many cases all he
> can
> do about it is begin to pray about it, whatever it maybe.
>
> Just wanted to add my .02 cents
>
> God Bless,
>
> Iron Mike
>
>
>
>
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*High MORALE is the Index of effective Leadership.
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Morale raises belief of the Leader in the follower,
of the follower in the Leader, of each in themself,
and both in the .....cause!
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