On Religion
When I do good, I feel good; when I do bad, I feel bad. That's my religion.
- Abraham Lincoln.
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When I do good, I feel good; when I do bad, I feel bad. That's my religion.
- Abraham Lincoln.
This is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning - Winston Churchill
6 comments:
Isn't that morality and not religion?
Yeah, I wonder if you call that religion. Maybe it's just something you hold on to?
It's about the "morality" aspect of religion. Some people hold the opinion that religion is the ultimate source of morality, and that without religion, human would be immoral beasts. Lincoln refuted this notion by advocating "good" according to his heart. I know he's a theist, but in this statement, the way he paints morality without the heavy crayon of religious belief strike a chord in me.
Ahh, perhaps it is only me who find this sentence profound. :P
And in any case, Lincoln is famous for liberating slaves in US. Before him, people had no problem with treating fellow human beings as lower animals.
some people took the mythology part of regions too literally
casper: Yeah sometimes...
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