Quiddity
UndertheInfluenceofGiants
The problem with being good is that you think thats good enough. But being good is not good enough. Jesus Christ looked at the Scribes and Phariseeswho were very good and nice and respectable people and he said to his disciples, You see them? Youve got to be better than them. In other words, their goodness wasnt good enough.
If you think being good is good enough, youre not good enough. The problem with being good is that it is putting the cart before the horse. We see people who are holy like Mother Teresa and we notice that she does good. She feeds hungry people and rescues babies from the trash heap. So we are inspired and we decide to be good too. So we get involved in the local soup kitchen and we busy ourselves helping the needy and thats all well and good, but we forget that before Mother Teresa went out on the streets she spent an hour in contemplative prayer. She was more than good. She was holy.
Don’t Be Good
This doesn't even bring into the equation any relativistic issues one happens to encounter or what "good" is in the first place.
If you think being good is good enough, youre not good enough. The problem with being good is that it is putting the cart before the horse. We see people who are holy like Mother Teresa and we notice that she does good. She feeds hungry people and rescues babies from the trash heap. So we are inspired and we decide to be good too. So we get involved in the local soup kitchen and we busy ourselves helping the needy and thats all well and good, but we forget that before Mother Teresa went out on the streets she spent an hour in contemplative prayer. She was more than good. She was holy.
Don’t Be Good
This doesn't even bring into the equation any relativistic issues one happens to encounter or what "good" is in the first place.