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God gave us a conscience, no one has an excuse. Living by Matt 22 is what loving beings should: 37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.

38 This is the first and great commandment.

39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.

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Shakespeare, sir, has his expert comment on honor-

PRINCE HENRY

Why, thou owest God a death.

Exit PRINCE HENRY

FALSTAFF

‘Tis not due yet; I would be loath to pay him before

his day. What need I be so forward with him that

calls not on me? Well, ’tis no matter; honour pricks

me on. Yea, but how if honour prick me off when I

come on? how then? Can honour set to a leg? no: or

an arm? no: or take away the grief of a wound? no.

Honour hath no skill in surgery, then? no. What is

honour? a word. What is in that word honour? what

is that honour? air. A trim reckoning! Who hath it?

he that died o’ Wednesday. Doth he feel it? no.

Doth he hear it? no. ‘Tis insensible, then. Yea,

to the dead. But will it not live with the living?

no. Why? detraction will not suffer it. Therefore

I’ll none of it. Honour is a mere scutcheon: and so

ends my catechism.

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Thank you Stegiel for a little Shakespeare! I'll share with my wife and she's a big fan, and will help educate me out of shameful ignorance of your passage.

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Among Elizabethans honor is a most significant attribute and Falstaff non aristocracy has the ability to make honor silly

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Good point Justin! Thank you - there are two types I believe- healthy and toxic shame...which I will elaborate on the next podcast.

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