skeptic Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 Found this of interest, especially in the context of some of the more recent antagonistic discussions on this forum. http://scout.org/wsj2015/content/92536 The author, Scott Teare, shares this near the end of the article. In the words of our founder, and I quote him now: “Let us, therefore, in training our Scouts, keep the higher aims in the forefront, not let ourselves become too absorbed in the steps. Don't let the technical outweigh the moral. (Things like) field efficiency, backwoodsmanship, camping, hiking, good turns, jamboree comradeship are all means, not the end. The end is character with a purpose. And that purpose (is) that the next generation may be sane in an insane world, and develop the higher realisation of service, active service of Love, and Duty to God and neighbour.†1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gone Posted August 30, 2015 Share Posted August 30, 2015 ....or a rock. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peregrinator Posted August 30, 2015 Share Posted August 30, 2015 Doesn't he have Duty to Others and Duty to Self in the wrong order? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BDPT00 Posted August 30, 2015 Share Posted August 30, 2015 I think you became 'too absorbed in the steps.' The message is what matters; not the steps. I think the message is timeless, and I appreciate the post. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSScout Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 One's duty to your neighbor IS your duty to God.... How are they different? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BDPT00 Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 Well, for one, I don't worship my neighbor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenD500 Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 Can anyone point me to the original quote from Baden-Powell? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSScout Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 BDPT: Well, yes, that too, but I was thinking more of Mathew 25:35.... and maybe Luke 10:33..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSScout Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 Don't you just love this new Faith and Chaplaincy Forum? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DuctTape Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 "Do a good turn daily" sounds like an excellent way to demonstrate all of it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skeptic Posted September 1, 2015 Author Share Posted September 1, 2015 KenD500 Found similar quote from BSA site; http://www.scouting.org/scoutsource/Media/Relationships/ScoutSabbathServices/badenpowell.aspx Similar wording, but not the same in Rovering to Success under "illreligion", as well as a couple of other areas noted from the index. Still have not found the exact source, having looked in a number of his books of writings and such. Again, close proximity to this in Aids to Scoutmastership as well. Have a lot of other books to review. If I find it, I will post it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John-in-KC Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 Moderator's Note: Please keep the conversation focused. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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