And what made *your* thoughts the standard?
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That's nice. I don't tend to reference other people. I'd rather just think for myself. I will admit I read Ayn Rand and the transcendentalists, but I don't have anything memorized from them, and they themselves aren't very compatible. I don't consider them mentors or someone to reference in a debate. I just think of them as people who sometimes thought some of the same things I have.
And what made *your* thoughts the standard?
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“I’d rather just think for myself”
We all think for ourselves....but having the courage to be accountable for our actions is what builds life and character into the marrow of a human being. Many would take what they can get and dodge the consequences if they could. So thinking for one’s self isn’t the issue, it is the willingness to say ,”Okay I’m accountable for my life and my actions, so I’ve had a few boo hoos that weren’t my fault. But for now on I am accountable to God.” One can say one is accountable only to oneself but where is the growth in that? Yet if I see an injured man that no one has helped, my belief in God encourages me to be a help to that person in what ever way that I can help even if it is only to call an ambulance and hold the man’s hand until help arrives. Christ has said that if I do for the least of men I do it for him, so suddenly my accountability for myself has extended not only to being accountable in the helping of this poor injured man but I become accountable in extending the Grace of God to this man and all men.
I take a chance when I say to God , okay “I believe you hold me accountable, I accept that for my self as truth” for such a statement of faith may lead me into areas of growth, suffering, pain, and hardship, literally falling into the hands of God...though the truth comes like dawning reason; I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN THERE!