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• Diane
  said on February 08 at 10:52…

  When we follow Jesus' commandments to love God and love our neighbors as ourselves, we automatically look through the lens of Love, Soul. We will naturally treat everyone with respect, appreciation, and kindness. This is living the law of Love, in which there is no penalty or guilt. That beautiful sense of joy without guilt is "moral freedom."
• fun
  said on February 08 at 11:59…

  I'm so glad you had fun asking this question! And then you got deep on it. In saying that, I realized that moral freedom is totally fun and deep at the same time. On the other hand, the things you pointed out as immoral sure would claim to be free and fun, but they're not really. They enslave and degrade us and others. No thanks. Bring on the moral freedom! It keeps us focused on what really matters and satisfies.
• Joy
  said on February 10 at 09:01…

  Sometimes, when we're thinking of ourselves as a bunch of individuals trying to get our share in a world of limited resources, it might seem like there is pressure and motivation to behave immorally in order to get what we need or what will make us happy. But, as it also says in the lesson, "Soul has infinite resources with which to bless mankind." (S&H 60). So if we get that we are all connected to these infinite resources as reflections of Soul, then there is no reason or need to be immoral. We're free, instead, to be generous, kind, helpful, etc.
• Pamela
  said on February 10 at 09:51…

  I'm so glad you posted this question. I've been pondering it too.

  I looked up "moral" in the 1828 Webster's dictionary, used in Mrs. Eddy's time, and have been including the ideas I found as I ponder her statement, "There is moral freedom in Soul." Some definitions that stood out to me are: - referring to right and wrong with the law of God as the standard - conformed to rules of right - virtuous as related to social behavior, distinct from material or physical
• Ian
  said on February 11 at 11:37…

  Today, I read the rest of the paragraph which begins,"There is moral freedom in Soul." The paragraph is talking about relationships - how interesting is that. Check it out here: http://www.spirituality.com/dt/toc_sh.jhtml

  Just type in 58:12 in the second box.

  Interesting that the marginal heading is "mutual freedom" rather than "moral freedom."
• Piper Foster
  said on February 12 at 13:26…

  I dont have a good answer, but wanted to write and say how valuable the question is. I am learning that sometimes quesions are more powerful, provacative, and catalyzing than their answers. Perhaps pausing to consider Moral Freedom is an act of expressing it: morality being our instinct to pause and consider our actions and their effect.

  Looking forward to others' answers.
• Susie
  said on February 14 at 09:03…

  In our Sunday School class today we're going to do the exercise this girl did since "The entire education of children should be such as to form habits of obedience to the moral and spiritual law, with which the child can meet and master the belief in so‐called physical laws, a belief which breeds disease." Thanks for the good idea!
• Susie
  said on February 25 at 08:06…

  PS: Class went well. It was fun and effective to use this video as a way to start a conversation that we would have had in class anyway. Thanks for making it!

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