rebate asked this question on 4/1/2000:
Is the Rede and the Threefold law a force or a being? Someone sugested that they "automaticly balance things out". How could an unintelligent force do that?
TripleGoddess gave this response on 4/3/2000:
As the Wiccan Rede states "Harm ye none, do as ye will.", the Law of Three also states to "Be mindful of the Law of Three, what ye send comes back to thee." What these two pieces of text try to do is REMIND us that everything we do has a purpose and a consequence. Above all else, HARM NONE because life is a circle and what harm is done will eventually come back to you in some form. For those who live their lives as peaceable and gentle souls, there is usually very little discord in their lives and yet those who live a life undirected by conscience tend to live lives full of turmoil. We have no entity that places themself before us to "punish" our wrongs or to remind us to do right. We as Wiccans have made a conscience CHOICE to do what we feel is right. Let you conscience be your guide and live your life as if today were the very last day you have on earth. Make it count.
rebate asked this follow-up question on 4/7/2000:
Why would your choice be any better than mine? How can we know right from wrong? By what standard can we judge such things?
TripleGoddess gave this response on 4/10/2000:
It's not a matter of my choices being "better" than yours or anyone else's, it's a matter of my choices being my own. If you know something is wrong and do it anyway (ie killing), you have made that choice freely and accept the consequences of that action. If you do something for the right reasons (ie telling the police that your friend has commited a serious crime), your action may seem wrong to those whom you've told on, but are ultimately "right" in the grand scheme of things. I allow my conscience to dictate my actions. If I react (or choose not to), how will I feel about that decision in a week, a month, a year?? If I can honestly say that I am willing to live comfortably with my decision than I have made the right one.
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