Looking at the lesson of history, we see that when one group conquers a nation it either demonizes the gods of the conquered nation, or it absorbs the conquered gods and makes them subservient to the gods of the conquerers. A variation on that happened during the American Revolution. The revolutionaries made the Christian God [...]
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Why I’m against gay marriage
Posted in December 9th, 2009
I’m not one of those folks who believes that homosexuality is evil. People are homosexual by God’s will, not by human moral choice. But I believe it is a bad idea to make homosexual marriage a legal institution . This is a topic I’m interested in because I’ve thought about what a pure Deist church would [...]
Another look at “the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God”
Posted in December 6th, 2009
I was reflecting on the phrase “the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God” recently. Most people reading that famous phrase have no idea what those words mean. If you are a regular reader of this blog, you probably know that “the Laws of Nature” refers to a set of semi-formal principles about how people [...]
Sarah Palin says nation should rededicate itself to God
Posted in December 4th, 2009
(cross posted from HellcatRepublican.com/blog) Sarah is 100% right about this. Even though I don’t belong to any church or follow any religion, except perhaps what I would call Jeffersonian Deism, I’m glad to see Sarah standing up for religion. The Founders were very clear that the new government they created was dependent on virtue, and [...]
Let me be the first to call it a Marxist coup d’état
Posted in November 18th, 2009
After digging up a lot of articles for HellcatRepublican.com, I finally got a handle on what is going on in Washington, DC. Addressing the illness in Washington is like addressing any other disease. Putting a name on it helps a lot. After you get a clear diagnosis of which disease you have, you can treat [...]
