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When I was a child I thought as a child and I spoke as a child, but when I became a man I put away childish things.

by true_tuna 8y ago

giancarlostoro 8y ago
1 Corinthians 13:11
- LyndsySimon 8y ago
  Indeed. I'm typically not one to quote Scripture in a professional setting, but in this case I'd like to do so because I feel that it illustrates an important point that is secular in nature. Note that I am in no way attempting to proselytize with this, so please don't take it in that way. Here's 1 Corinthians 13 in its entirety: > If I could speak all the languages of earth and of angels, but didn’t love others, I would only be a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. If I had the gift of prophecy, and if I understood all of God’s secret plans and possessed all knowledge, and if I had such faith that I could move mountains, but didn’t love others, I would be nothing. If I gave everything I have to the poor and even sacrificed my body, I could boast about it; but if I didn’t love others, I would have gained nothing. > Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged. It does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance. > Prophecy and speaking in unknown languages and special knowledge will become useless. But love will last forever! Now our knowledge is partial and incomplete, and even the gift of prophecy reveals only part of the whole picture! But when the time of perfection comes, these partial things will become useless. > When I was a child, I spoke and thought and reasoned as a child. But when I grew up, I put away childish things. Now we see things imperfectly, like puzzling reflections in a mirror, but then we will see everything with perfect clarity. All that I know now is partial and incomplete, but then I will know everything completely, just as God now knows me completely. > Three things will last forever—faith, hope, and love—and the greatest of these is love. What I take from this is that you should be aware of the limits of your own perspective. No matter how strongly held your views on an issue and no matter how important they are to you, someone else may not share them - or may directly oppose them. If your views are right they will win out in the end and there is no need for you to attack or harm others (emotionally or physically) over them. At the end of the day, whether you were right or wrong in the views you held, how you treat others is how your life is measured.
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  - giancarlostoro 8y ago
    What I take from it (from my Christian background) is simple, you could perform all types of works, miracles, good deeds (feeding the homeless and what have you) but if you did none of it out of love, it's worthless. You can have all the faith and hope in the world, but if you have no love, it's not worth anything. The word love is tough to talk about these days since so many people have their own definition of it, this love being the Biblical definition of love since it's in a Biblical context. In fact, the context for 1 Corinthians 13 is the previous chapter: 1 Corinthians 12 where Paul writes about the church arguing over spiritual gifts, and he humbles them by saying something even simpler is more important than all of that, because they are arguing about the wrong things, basically who does the most works or miracles, but it's all worthless if you can't even love one another. Anytime I try to make an opinion about a Bible verse or chapter I go back and read the previous verse or chapter for context, it clarifies things a lot. I'm not disagreeing with you btw, the point still remains, you can have really strong views on something, but they may not matter, you may find out (from a Christian viewpoint) in the end that they were partially right, or fully wrong and all the arguments were a waste of your life when you had better things to do. I used to really get into theological arguments on Facebook Christian / Bible groups, but it's kind of a waste of time, most people reading what I have to say likely already made up their minds.
draw_down 8y ago
Also, heavy hangs the head that wears the crown.
LyndsySimon 8y ago
I'll add: "Watch your thoughts; They become words. Watch your words; They become deeds. Watch your deeds; They become habits. Watch your habits; They become character. Character is everything." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
ricardobeat 8y ago
It’s nice of you to proclaim superior morals and character, but there is an underlying story of modern media, society and political correctness that is relevant here.
- mj_olnir 8y ago
  They weren't proclaiming superior morals, rather quoting a rather relevant portion of (what a quick Google search determines as) the Christian Bible. I won't comment on the second half but it only toxifies conversation to assume the worst in others.
  - ricardobeat 8y ago
    > it only toxifies conversation to assume the worst in others Isn't that what the parent comment did? That's the only reason I commented - i.e. implying that not being serious equals being childish. Quote or not.
ohazi 8y ago
Is it wrong that I thought you were quoting this line from Hackers? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyWv6snuZLk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyWv6snuZLk
- danbolt 8y ago
  I jumped to Cowboy Bebop's use of the quote, so don't feel too bad about it.
kgwxd 8y ago
Sounds like something a stuck-up asshole would say.
pritambaral 8y ago
Man is most nearly himself when he achieves the seriousness of a child at play.

When I was a child I thought as a child and I spoke as a child, but when I became a man I put away childish things.

giancarlostoro 8y ago

1 Corinthians 13:11

LyndsySimon 8y ago
Indeed. I'm typically not one to quote Scripture in a professional setting, but in this case I'd like to do so because I feel that it illustrates an important point that is secular in nature. Note that I am in no way attempting to proselytize with this, so please don't take it in that way. Here's 1 Corinthians 13 in its entirety: > If I could speak all the languages of earth and of angels, but didn’t love others, I would only be a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. If I had the gift of prophecy, and if I understood all of God’s secret plans and possessed all knowledge, and if I had such faith that I could move mountains, but didn’t love others, I would be nothing. If I gave everything I have to the poor and even sacrificed my body, I could boast about it; but if I didn’t love others, I would have gained nothing. > Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged. It does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance. > Prophecy and speaking in unknown languages and special knowledge will become useless. But love will last forever! Now our knowledge is partial and incomplete, and even the gift of prophecy reveals only part of the whole picture! But when the time of perfection comes, these partial things will become useless. > When I was a child, I spoke and thought and reasoned as a child. But when I grew up, I put away childish things. Now we see things imperfectly, like puzzling reflections in a mirror, but then we will see everything with perfect clarity. All that I know now is partial and incomplete, but then I will know everything completely, just as God now knows me completely. > Three things will last forever—faith, hope, and love—and the greatest of these is love. What I take from this is that you should be aware of the limits of your own perspective. No matter how strongly held your views on an issue and no matter how important they are to you, someone else may not share them - or may directly oppose them. If your views are right they will win out in the end and there is no need for you to attack or harm others (emotionally or physically) over them. At the end of the day, whether you were right or wrong in the views you held, how you treat others is how your life is measured.
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- giancarlostoro 8y ago
  What I take from it (from my Christian background) is simple, you could perform all types of works, miracles, good deeds (feeding the homeless and what have you) but if you did none of it out of love, it's worthless. You can have all the faith and hope in the world, but if you have no love, it's not worth anything. The word love is tough to talk about these days since so many people have their own definition of it, this love being the Biblical definition of love since it's in a Biblical context. In fact, the context for 1 Corinthians 13 is the previous chapter: 1 Corinthians 12 where Paul writes about the church arguing over spiritual gifts, and he humbles them by saying something even simpler is more important than all of that, because they are arguing about the wrong things, basically who does the most works or miracles, but it's all worthless if you can't even love one another. Anytime I try to make an opinion about a Bible verse or chapter I go back and read the previous verse or chapter for context, it clarifies things a lot. I'm not disagreeing with you btw, the point still remains, you can have really strong views on something, but they may not matter, you may find out (from a Christian viewpoint) in the end that they were partially right, or fully wrong and all the arguments were a waste of your life when you had better things to do. I used to really get into theological arguments on Facebook Christian / Bible groups, but it's kind of a waste of time, most people reading what I have to say likely already made up their minds.

draw_down 8y ago

Also, heavy hangs the head that wears the crown.

LyndsySimon 8y ago

I'll add: "Watch your thoughts; They become words. Watch your words; They become deeds. Watch your deeds; They become habits. Watch your habits; They become character. Character is everything." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

ricardobeat 8y ago

It’s nice of you to proclaim superior morals and character, but there is an underlying story of modern media, society and political correctness that is relevant here.

mj_olnir 8y ago
They weren't proclaiming superior morals, rather quoting a rather relevant portion of (what a quick Google search determines as) the Christian Bible. I won't comment on the second half but it only toxifies conversation to assume the worst in others.
- ricardobeat 8y ago
  > it only toxifies conversation to assume the worst in others Isn't that what the parent comment did? That's the only reason I commented - i.e. implying that not being serious equals being childish. Quote or not.

ohazi 8y ago

Is it wrong that I thought you were quoting this line from Hackers? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyWv6snuZLk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyWv6snuZLk

danbolt 8y ago
I jumped to Cowboy Bebop's use of the quote, so don't feel too bad about it.

kgwxd 8y ago

Sounds like something a stuck-up asshole would say.

pritambaral 8y ago

Man is most nearly himself when he achieves the seriousness of a child at play.