2020-01-09T15:47:09Ztag:sursumcorda.salemsattic.com,2018:/isso/thread/post/a-debt-is-a-debt-is-a-debttag:sursumcorda.salemsattic.com,2018:/isso/1227/43362020-01-09T15:47:09ZSursumCorda<p>When I read C. S. Lewis' <em>Reflections on the Psalms</em>, I ran into this longish quote that makes a similar point:</p> <p><em>I think it is important to make a distinction: between the conviction that one is in the right and the conviction that one is “righteous,” is a good man. Since none of us is righteous, the second conviction is always a delusion. But any of us may be, probably all of us at one time or another are, in the right about some particular issue. What is more, the worse man may be in the right against the better man. Their general characters have nothing to do with it. The question whether the disputed pencil belongs to Tommy or Charles is quite distinct from the question which is the nicer little boy, and the parents who allowed the one to influence their decision about the other would be very unfair. (It would be still worse if they said Tommy ought to let Charles have the pencil whether it belonged to him or not, because this would show he had a nice disposition. That may be true, but it is an untimely truth. An exhortation to charity should not come as rider to a refusal of justice. It is likely to give Tommy a lifelong conviction that charity is a sanctimonious dodge for condoning theft and whitewashing favouritism.)</em></p>tag:sursumcorda.salemsattic.com,2018:/isso/1227/43352019-11-17T12:59:32ZSursumCorda<p>Thanks for the comment, Pami! It's good to hear from you here.</p>tag:sursumcorda.salemsattic.com,2018:/isso/1227/43342019-11-17T12:13:44ZPami Gregorio<p>Socialism is infiltrating the thinking of many. It is a sad day certainly.</p>