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- Annie B. Bond
- June 21, 2006
- 5:02 am
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People of faith have formed the backbone of many of the most powerful and successful movements for peace and justice around the world. Many proclaimed a moral vision guided by their strong religious faith. Mahatma Gandhi was one such a man. Read what he thought were the seven social sins:
Wealth without Work
Pleasure without Conscience
Science without Humanity
Knowledge without Character
Politics without Principle
Commerce without Morality
Worship without Sacrifice
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Adapted from The Better World Handbook, by Ellis Jones, et al (New Society Publishers, 2007). Copyright (c) 2007 by Ellis Jones et al. Reprinted by permission of New Society Publishers.
Adapted from The Better World Handbook, by Ellis Jones, et al (New Society Publishers, 2007).
Annie B. Bond
Annie is a renowned expert in non-toxic and green living. Named one of the top 20 environmental leaders by Body and Soul Magazine, Annie has authored four books, including "Home Enlightenment" (Rodale Press, 2005) and "Better Basics for the Home" (Three Rivers Press, 1999).
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Thank you, Annie B. Bond, for your adaptation of the text, and thank you, fellow commenters. Carson-Newman College also published an online guide to seven deadly sins and seven holy virtues:http://web.cn.edu/kwheeler/documents/Seven_Deadly_Sins.pdf, which can add to Mahatma Gandhi's teachings.
Thank you...and if you worship eventually you will be called to do that which sacrificial....
Ghandi was one of the greatest men that ever lived and I agree with all the principles, but I don't get the "Worship without Sacrifice" part. Are we supposed to worship something, because I can't imagine a thing or idea that I could bring myself to worship.
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(con't.) The very state of our own government and they way in which we often relate to one another is proof of that. Let every person search his /her heart to find the truth in Gandhi's words. They reflect the teachings of most world religions, including Christianity. They have just rarely been made manifest.
"Worship without sacrifice" means paying lip service to a belief, but not actually living those beliefs. For example, if your religion or belief system believes that your god wants all of his/her creatures to be treated with justice, but you do not do that, even though you go to your house of worship every week, then you think you are worshipping your god, but you are not, because you are not sacrificing your own wants, needs, and desires, which is required of you by your own faith.
A good New Testament citation is "Faith, without works, is dead". It is also demonstrated in the parable of the man who had a grudge against his neighbor and, when he went to temple to worship, he was told to go and make peace with his neighbor before he was worthy of worshipping and giving his offering to the temple. In other words, his "offering" to his fellow man was much more in line with what God had required than the person's offering to God, Himself.
As to my own comments about Gandhi's list of 7 social sins: They are some of the most wonderful, insightful ideas I had ever read. I believe he is accurate in each and every one. What a wonderful world we would have if all people tried to incorporate the principles underpinning those ideas into their own life. Unfortunately, we do not seem to live collectively by them.
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