In GOD-GIVEN OR GOVERNMENT-GIVEN RIGHTS? — PART 1, we discussed the meaning of inalienable Rights. If Rights are inalienable, that is, one group of men cannot take away the Rights of another away from them, what does that mean in practice? We are all familiar with the fact that one group of men an enslave another group of... Continue Reading →
MUST THERE BE CHOICE BETWEEN GOD AND GOVERNMENT? — PART 1
The comments on OF TWISTED WORDS => SOCIAL CONTRACT took an unexpected twist. I received a very interesting response to these words at the tail end of this comment. When we have a choice between God and Caesar, for the sake of our salvation and our freedom, we each must choose to love God first and our neighbor (even our... Continue Reading →
OF TWISTED WORDS => SOCIAL CONTRACT
When I visited Wikipedia to see what they had to say about the expression "Social contract," I discovered that the denizens there don't seem too happy with their own article. Perhaps that is because the article makes it clear that the expression has an interesting history. As the article explains, the expression first became prominent in the 17th... Continue Reading →
THE STATE OF THE UNRAVELING ON INDEPENDENCE DAY, JULY 4, 2015
Article II., Section 3 of The United States Constitution says the following. He shall from time to time give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union, and recommend to their Consideration such Measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient; he may, on extraordinary Occasions, convene both Houses, or either of them, and in... Continue Reading →
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