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The Morality of Ideas

  “Beware of false prophets,   who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.   You will know them by their fruits.   Do men gather grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles?   Even so,   every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit.   A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor  can  a bad tree bear good fruit.   Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.  Therefore by their fruits you will know them."  -Jesus, the Gospel of Matthew. "People don't have ideas. Ideas have people."  -Carl Jung If ideas have agency, or a will of their own, then they can have moral responsibility or a moral/ethical spirit to them. Everybody who has been alive longer than a few years has probably heard someone say "that's a good idea" or "that's a bad idea." These phrases assign morals and ethics to ideas as well as gauging quality .  An idea is usually considered good when the

The Bottomless Oceans of God

 I draw my strength from my infinite God There is no bottom to the ocean of His strength I draw my courage from my infinite God There is no bottom to the ocean of His courage I draw my wisdom from my infinite God There is no bottom to the ocean of His wisdom I draw my understanding from my infinite God There is no bottom to the ocean of His understanding I draw my hope from my infinite God There is no bottom to the ocean of His hope I draw my peace from my infinite God There is no bottom to the ocean of His peace I draw my Liberty from my infinite God There is no bottom to the ocean of His Liberty I draw my Love from my infinite God There is no bottom to the ocean of His Love I draw my glory from my infinite God There is no bottom to the ocean of His Glory I can draw from these bottomless oceans of God forever, never running out of their supply. One day soon, I will swim in these bottomless oceans of God and never thirst or be in want or need again.