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Acting Out Lore From God Determines
Right Ouer Wrong Says Speaker

lIsIIt from WIOllS MS was lIlt
important and practical question
discussed by Rev. Donald Kuhn. of
he Student Department of the
Board of Temperance OF the
Methodist Church, during his talks
With Methodist students at Long
wood College this past week end
1t is not a lcgalistic question he
said during the meeting Saturday
afternoon in the Wesleyan Student
Center. Each situation in which a
person has to choose right from
wrong can be a situation differ
ent from any other, and a Chris
tan may find himself having to
act completely contrary to his
previous behavior.
What makes a ChriStlan decide?
Rev Kuhn gave the answer as be-
ing the love that comes only from
Christ upon which one must base
ones actlonS.
Three NndI
The New Testament speaks Of
three kinds Of love, he said. One
is Eros" physical, selfish love,
Another is "Philos," the love Of
knowledge, intelligent platonic
love, II love because l am loved. =
The third and most important is
is "Agape." splfless and self for :
geeting love, love seeking not its
own.
This third is the love that
comes from God, that we are not
responsible for" the speaker con-
tinued This love we act out in
terms of living. and we cannot de-
termine it Realistically in advance
but only in the situation in which
we find ourselves.
He gave as an example the
question of drinking. He said that
a Christian might feel 1t is per
fectly right to drink.
Il myself cannot dogmaticalll
say it is wrong to drink, he eX-
planned If college professor
asked me to take part in a con-
trolled. scientific experiment con-
corning drinking that l believ'
might ultimately help other peo-
pie. then I night drink. and
could not say. under these cir
cumstanccs, that it was wrong t.
| drink"
Rich Background
Rev. Kuhn. an artist and play
wright with a rich and varied
backgrounds of eX Perience witt
the church. is working in the stu
dent areas of the Board of Temp
! erance in fields of art.-drama ant
communications. His schooling in
cludes a Bachelor of Arts degret
from Oklahoma City University
study at Carnegie Jnior College
Bachelor of Divinity degree from
Garrett Biblical Institute. anf
graduate work at George William
College in Chicago.
During his stay in Farmvllle, h
held three discussion periods witt
college. students. one on F'rida'
and two on Saturday He closet
his talks on "Christian Ethics a
the Sunday morning hurcl
School Hour.
Be WeIl-Informed
The youthful minister aSsuret
his audience that one has to b,
well-inforned in order to act a.
a Christian New facts and new
developments change life from da,
to day. and to be able to make
correct decisions. one must kee,
abreast of all that happens. No
whcic. lac said, is this more cyi-
dent than in tho field Of interna
tioJlal relations. A. ions w
thought were right a year ago o.
even a month ago sometimes har,
no place later in an cver-Chanc
ing context
This makes j great dcDlanf
ON Christian for truth" he sait
1t always means VIC Will alwaA!
be dissatisfied with what VI
know"
Rev. Kuhn also discussed thu
place of the arts in Christian
life and the motives and sanction!
Of Christian ethics.
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