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What is the Highest Authority You Recognize?

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What is the Highest Authority You Recognize?
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RE: What is the Highest Authority You Recognize?
April 20, 2017 at 10:49 am
'Obliged' implies that I owe someone my obedience. I have many obligations but they do not include obedience to anyone or anything in that sense. I may choose to obey a police officer, or under unlikely circumstances, choose not to obey a police officer. Gravity holds me down whether I choose to obey it or not.

I owe myself enough respect to maintain my integrity and follow the dictates of my conscience. I suppose you could say I'm obliged to obey the most ethical and wisest part of myself, though I have sometimes failed to live up to that obligation.
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What is the Highest Authority You Recognize?

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RE: What is the Highest Authority You Recognize? - by Mister Agenda - April 20, 2017 at 10:49 am
RE: What is the Highest Authority You Recognize? - by Sal - April 21, 2017 at 8:17 am

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