U. of Florida to keep biblical inscription despite atheist protest

[SecularMotion]

The University of Florida has struck a deal with an atheist group to keep a biblical inscription on one of its buildings.

The compromise allows the school to keep the inscription of Micah 6:8 on an archway outside the newly-constructed Heavener Hall, but only as part of an “ethical portal” featuring three other quotes from secular sources, The Christian Examiner reports.

The Bible verse was included at the request of James Heavener—a University of Florida trustee, Tim Tebow Foundation board member, and the CEO of Full Sail University—who contributed the bulk of the funding for the new building.

The verse in question reads: “He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.”

http://www.campusreform.org/?ID=6890

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1. OK, the idea of adding an Adam Smith quote to the "ethical portal" gave me a bit of a chuckle.

May we be guided by His Invisible Hand.

[rug]

2. I'm not surprised Annie Laurie is a great admirer of Adam Smith.

I'm surprised she's not pushing for a quote from The Fountainhead/

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3. Who said it, Karl Marx or Adam Smith?

http://money.howstuffworks.com/adam-smith-karl-marx-quiz.htm

[rug]

4. Of course, they are indistinguishable.

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5. If you haven't actually read them they are more difficult to tell apart than most would imagine

[rug]

6. They are both describing the same thing, humanity in economic terms.

Beyond that, their conclusions are worlds apart.

[SecularMotion]

7. Other quotes

Along with a plaque explaining the significance of all four passages, the school will add the following three quotes to the archway:

“To restrain our selfish[ness], and to indulge our benevolent affections, constitutes the perfection of human nature.” Adam Smith, 1759 (The Theory of Moral Sentiments)

“Wealth is evidently not the good we are seeking; for it is merely useful and for the sake of something else.” Aristotle (Nicomachean Ethics)

“My country is the world, and my religion is to do good.” Thomas Paine, 1791 (The Rights of Man)