Fanny Allen was a daughter of Colonel Ethan Allen of the Continental Army, noted for taking Fort Ticonderoga from the British by surprising them while they slept. (Or General Ethan Allen if you like; he was a colonel in the Continental Army and a general in the Vermont militia.)
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@TRiG Yes, some forms of fundamentalism are more benign, and others are more virulent. Regardless, it is a low-level form of religion, and tends to be associated with superficial and faulty thinking.
The simple answer is the same one the judge gave regarding pornography: "I know it when I see it." Since neither Socrates nor Euthypro were engaging in a practical discussion, but were instead dancing with the millions of angels on the head of a pin, Socrates left the dialogue unsatisfied.
If Socrates is so keen to have a definition of piety for his own defense, why is he asking someone else?
The words come from the thought, the thought occurs on the other side of the temple of the head, the words that speak first came from the thought, the words a person says it's in the thought, and the thought it's in the words.
Should trust that the words a person says comes from the thought.
The only one that knows the thoughts, that's the words then the thoughts send.
Whoever hears the words that come from the mouth, has heard the thoughts.
Whoever loves the words that come from the mouth, loves the thoughts that send him.
Whoever denies the words that come from the mouth, has denied the thoughts that sent him.
And should trust that the words from the mouth and the thoughts represent one.
If indeed the words represent the thoughts.
In this the two should turn to one.
For if the thoughts and the words say different things, its darkness, but when the same its light.
@LeakyNun @TRiG I was also a bit busy at the time. I'm taking a break now, so I'll say a little more. According to the Wikipedia Euthyphro dilemma page, this is the dilemma "in a modified form":
> Is what is morally good commanded by God because it is morally good, or is it morally good because it is commanded by God?
From my perspective, that's a distinction without a difference.
From my perspective, God is moral good, and good in general, and everything good. So there's no difference between it being good because it is commanded by God and it being commanded by God because it is good.
We think of ourselves as having good, doing good, being good, and so on. But from the perspective of Swedenborg's theology, we are merely containers or conduits for what is good. The actual good not only belongs to God, but is God in us. There can be nothing good, pious, true, or any of the other possible "horns" of the dilemma that aren't one and the same as God. There is no "God" here and "good" there.
In other words, the whole "dilemma" is based on making a false dichotomy between God and goodness. God is good. God commands what is good because God is good. And what God commands is also good because, once again, it is good, which is God.
As for our being only containers or conduits for God, see my article: "Containers for God."
I want to marry a Christian girl without telling my parents because they would never agree.
What is the proper procedure of marrying a Christian girl?
I know that Muslims can marry Christians, but I could be wrong.
I want to marry a Christian girl without telling my parents because they would never agree.
What is the proper procedure of marrying a Christian girl?
I know that Muslims can marry Christians, but I could be wrong.
