“Every man did that which was right in his own eyes.”
“neither place saying whether or not God saw this as a good thing. Seems a stretch to assume He did.”
Seems a stretch to assume He didn’t. The entire context of Judges has the Israelites chasing after pagan gods. Statism was the [...]
I, also, am opposed to Capital Punishment, but on different grounds. With Capital Punishment there is no opportunity for retribution.
Say Joe kills Tom. Tom’s wife, Mary, is now destitute and has no support for her and her children. If we execute Joe, Mary remains in her current condition. [...]
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Governments don’t define our rights, they restrict them. They take them away. They define the boundaries within which they will allow us to exercise our rights.In social contract theory we say that we exchange the exercise of some of our rights for the protection of the rest. I think that’s bogus too.
In practice most people [...]
Speech is tricky in this way. I can only think of it like this:You offer your words, but your friend may reject them. How often do we do this in our relationships? Our parents offer us constant advice, but we reject much of it. Someone offers us evidence to prove their argument, and if [...]
Property is the fruit of one’s labor. You work, what you earn is your property. You have a right to the fruit of your labor, to keep it or to exchange it. Even if one does not own land, even in the economic sense, one still owns their labor. These are consistent with and dependent [...]
I’d like to think that there are certain consistencies within the nature of man, which upon careful examination, can help to determine under what circumstances man is most likely to flourish.Enlightenment writers were attempting to perform this examination.
Each society, in fact, does the same. The differences we observe from one group to another reflect the [...]
I don’t follow Christ because he promises abundance here or later. I follow Him because I accepted His call to follow Him. I don’t expect anything out of the deal except the cross to bear which is required of His disciples.
Efficiency arguments in favor of Christianity are devoid of virtue.
If it [...]
Why does radio suck? Why are we only offered the same 200 or so songs everyday. I used to think that my day would be incomplete if I did not hear Wilson-Phillips “It’s Gonna Be Alright”. Now every time I get into my car to drive to school I hear a song [...]