Strong endorse. Long before I came across EA as a movement I had adopted the philosophical foundations of it for religious reasons. Although the specific verses that struck me were not the ones about perfection, which sounds optional, but the greatest commandment, which sounds obligatory:
Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’This is the first and greatest commandment.And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’
Matthew 22:37-39. The first didn’t really sound actionable beyond state of mind because God doesn’t need anything, so the implication is that in practice all one’s effort needs to go into the second. And if you actually love your neighbor as yourself, you naturally think about effectiveness, not just intentions.
Strong endorse. Long before I came across EA as a movement I had adopted the philosophical foundations of it for religious reasons. Although the specific verses that struck me were not the ones about perfection, which sounds optional, but the greatest commandment, which sounds obligatory:
Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’
Matthew 22:37-39. The first didn’t really sound actionable beyond state of mind because God doesn’t need anything, so the implication is that in practice all one’s effort needs to go into the second. And if you actually love your neighbor as yourself, you naturally think about effectiveness, not just intentions.