Those that don't know the virtues:
There are three principles, Truth, Love and Courage.
Honesty is respect for Truth
Compassion is Love of others
Valor is Courage to stand up against risks
Justice is Truth, tempered by Love
Sacrifice is Courage to give oneself in name of Love
Honor is Courage to seek and uphold the Truth
Spirituality is to seek Truth, Love and Courage from one's own self and the world around
Humility is the opposite of Pride - the absence of Truth, Love or Courage
2007-08-30 01:13:53 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Theres more truth in a phone book than the bible!!
2007-08-30 01:19:38 · answer #1 · answered by Fireball224 f 1 · 2⤊ 4⤋
Those are definitely great virtues. But there are a few problems that I see.
If honesty is respect for truth, what do you base truth on if not bible? Jesus even said I am the way, the truth and the life, so how can you have truth and leave him out?
Compassion is love for others. How can you have love without the bible because the bible teaches us what love is and says that God is love. So how can you have those virtues without God or the bible?
The same with justice.
And if spirituality is to seek "truth and love" which are taught by the bible and are in fact Jesus and the Father, Jesus being the truth, as in the example I gave above and God being love as is said in 1 John, then how can one be spiritual without them according to this definition?
Sorry, hope you're not offended. That's just my opinion.
2007-08-30 08:27:10 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Well, granted the Bible is a long *** book...ummm doubtful.
More bang for your buck in the eight virtues for sure. Sweet and simple. But if you read the Bible you might find in between the hundreds of years and the rib that was used to make me, a woman, God put some spiritual messages in it.
Believe in the virtues, yes, more truth than the Bible, that might be a stretch.
2007-08-30 11:05:14 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sounds good to me. Might want to add Tolerance...
There potentially are other virtues such as pride in doing a job well done (contrasted with unfounded, self-love pride), that could be added, but I think that these capture the basics.
2007-08-30 08:23:04 · answer #4 · answered by Pirate AM™ 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It lacks something.....hm mm I'm not to sure what...ummm....I KNOW theres nothing in there about Tin Foil HAts!!!
Do you mind if I borrow it and bend it to my own agenda??
2007-08-30 08:20:04 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋