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<blockquote data-quote="Unofficial Reverand Alex" data-source="post: 73953735" data-attributes="member: 405139"><p>This is impressive; thanks for sharing! I've always been interested in chivalry, but I haven't heard of it in the Civil War context.</p><p></p><p>The first I heard of honor was from my dad. He's tried to teach it to me on many instances, but the one that sticks out involved the sword that I won from a police raffle when I was 2 (don't ask questions<img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/old/kawaii.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt="^_^" title="Kawaii ^_^" data-shortname="^_^" />). I was very young, and holding the sword, while Dad was talking to me about it. He asked me to hand it to him. I was unsure about how to do it, so with all the brilliance of a young boy, I point it at him & wait for him to figure it out! He immediately got mad, and said, "No, you hand it to me by holding the blade."</p><p></p><p>Hold the sword by the blade? Won't that hurt me? I didn't care about hurting him, but I didn't want to get cut! But the lesson stuck, and fascinates me even to this day, probably 15 years from when he first told me that.</p><p></p><p>I also had a friend who introduced me to these things called "Codes of Honor". I was very confused by the self-sacrificial mentality of all the chivalry, but again, it stuck with me & fascinated me.</p><p></p><p>But there's a lot of codes of honor out there, and not all of them are good! So in my last year of high school, I tried to figure out what would be the One Code of Honor, the best one to follow. I realized that codes of honor, as good as they were, were still just something a lot of people said is good, just a social construct. There had to be something <em>separate </em>from what a bunch of people say; for true morality, there had to be something <em>above </em>our ideas!</p><p></p><p>I've always been Catholic, but trying to find the best Code of Honor is part of what led to me to be really religious.</p><p></p><p>I should also point out that the guy who introduced me to Codes of Honor, who ultimately made me more religious & much closer to Christ, is an agnostic. Also, I recently found out that chivalry is something that didn't exist until Christianity came into Europe; it was the marriage of Christianity with European warfare. So, following chivalry is, in a way, following Christ. Without realizing it, my agnostic friend has been following Christ, even evangelizing! It's interesting to think about.</p><p></p><p>May God bless us all!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Unofficial Reverand Alex, post: 73953735, member: 405139"] This is impressive; thanks for sharing! I've always been interested in chivalry, but I haven't heard of it in the Civil War context. The first I heard of honor was from my dad. He's tried to teach it to me on many instances, but the one that sticks out involved the sword that I won from a police raffle when I was 2 (don't ask questions^_^). I was very young, and holding the sword, while Dad was talking to me about it. He asked me to hand it to him. I was unsure about how to do it, so with all the brilliance of a young boy, I point it at him & wait for him to figure it out! He immediately got mad, and said, "No, you hand it to me by holding the blade." Hold the sword by the blade? Won't that hurt me? I didn't care about hurting him, but I didn't want to get cut! But the lesson stuck, and fascinates me even to this day, probably 15 years from when he first told me that. I also had a friend who introduced me to these things called "Codes of Honor". I was very confused by the self-sacrificial mentality of all the chivalry, but again, it stuck with me & fascinated me. But there's a lot of codes of honor out there, and not all of them are good! So in my last year of high school, I tried to figure out what would be the One Code of Honor, the best one to follow. I realized that codes of honor, as good as they were, were still just something a lot of people said is good, just a social construct. There had to be something [I]separate [/I]from what a bunch of people say; for true morality, there had to be something [I]above [/I]our ideas! I've always been Catholic, but trying to find the best Code of Honor is part of what led to me to be really religious. I should also point out that the guy who introduced me to Codes of Honor, who ultimately made me more religious & much closer to Christ, is an agnostic. Also, I recently found out that chivalry is something that didn't exist until Christianity came into Europe; it was the marriage of Christianity with European warfare. So, following chivalry is, in a way, following Christ. Without realizing it, my agnostic friend has been following Christ, even evangelizing! It's interesting to think about. May God bless us all! [/QUOTE]
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