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		<title>Limited Democracy and the Reeve of the Constitution</title>
		<link>http://www.amorian.org/2011/02/19/limited-democracy-and-the-reeve-of-the-constitution-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.amorian.org/2011/02/19/limited-democracy-and-the-reeve-of-the-constitution-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Feb 2011 17:22:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Constitution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Declaration of Independence]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[[This is a follow-up to my three part series questioning whether the US Constitution is fatally flawed.  In this article I recommend the creation of an office that is a combination policeman and foreign ambassador representing the Constitution, who is properly called a "Reeve." I also discuss the important difference between "limited government" and "limited [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On Jefferson and God</title>
		<link>http://www.amorian.org/2010/02/03/on-jefferson-and-god/</link>
		<comments>http://www.amorian.org/2010/02/03/on-jefferson-and-god/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 06:06:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[American Deism]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[jesus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[letters]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[rational christianity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sect]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[thomas b parker]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Unitarian]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.amorian.org/?p=2253</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I found a copy of the original letter on an Apriarian sect here: http://memory.loc.gov/master/mss/mtj/mtj1/051/0500/0555.jpg.  This is addressed to Thomas B. Parker. My transcription is as follows.  I hope I got it right:  Monticello May 15, 1819 I thank you, Sir, for the pamphlet you have been so kind as to send me on the reveries, not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What conservatism is</title>
		<link>http://www.amorian.org/2010/01/22/what-conservatism-is/</link>
		<comments>http://www.amorian.org/2010/01/22/what-conservatism-is/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 21:46:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[America]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Communism]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[fascism]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[freedom]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[overthrow]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[religious statism]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.amorian.org/?p=2209</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Since I write about conservatism, I thought I would clarify what I mean by the word &#8220;conservative.&#8221; There are probably as many ways to define conservatism as there are people, so I am not making a claim to be the final authority on the subject.  In this blog I&#8217;m going to stick with a simple [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thomas Jefferson&#8217;s religious faith:  Christian Deism</title>
		<link>http://www.amorian.org/2010/01/14/thomas-jeffersons-religious-faith-christian-deism/</link>
		<comments>http://www.amorian.org/2010/01/14/thomas-jeffersons-religious-faith-christian-deism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 00:57:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[American Deism]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Benjamin Rush]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.amorian.org/?p=2188</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In 1798 and 1799 Thomas Jefferson had conversations with Dr Joseph Priestly and Dr Benjamin Rush on the topic of the Christian faith.  Jefferson was questioned about his own religious beliefs.  Jefferson put off his response until about four years later when he was serving as President.  He wrote a short outline entitled &#8220;Syllabus of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another look at &#8220;the Laws of Nature and of Nature&#8217;s God&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.amorian.org/2009/12/06/another-look-at-the-laws-of-nature-and-of-natures-god/</link>
		<comments>http://www.amorian.org/2009/12/06/another-look-at-the-laws-of-nature-and-of-natures-god/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 06:49:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[American Deism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Constitution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Declaration of Independence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Exploratory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Deism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Laws of Nations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Laws of Nature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Natural Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nature's God]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[revealed faith]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.amorian.org/?p=2064</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I was reflecting on the phrase &#8220;the Laws of Nature and of Nature&#8217;s God&#8221; 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 &#8220;the Laws of Nature&#8221; refers to a set of semi-formal principles about how people [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Natural Morality and classic Liberalism</title>
		<link>http://www.amorian.org/2009/09/28/natural-morality-and-classic-liberalism/</link>
		<comments>http://www.amorian.org/2009/09/28/natural-morality-and-classic-liberalism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 23:41:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[American Deism]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.amorian.org/?p=1821</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[After we had our son, my wife and I began wondering where his values would come from. Neither of us belongs to a religious organization, so he won&#8217;t pick up values at church. I was concerned about where he would get his values, but I felt that he would get his moral values naturally from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Private religious schools</title>
		<link>http://www.amorian.org/2009/08/28/private-religious-schools/</link>
		<comments>http://www.amorian.org/2009/08/28/private-religious-schools/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2009 05:01:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Lifestyle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Religion]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.amorian.org/?p=1372</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My wife and I were chatting about putting our 4-year-old into private school when he&#8217;s old enough.  We don&#8217;t have a lot of confidence in the public schools.  We hear too many stories about how it is nearly impossible to fire bad teachers.  The union protects them.  And our son is a little on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Caring, Spirituality, and the Natural Church</title>
		<link>http://www.amorian.org/2009/05/04/caring-spirituality-and-the-natural-church/</link>
		<comments>http://www.amorian.org/2009/05/04/caring-spirituality-and-the-natural-church/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 03:35:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Exploratory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Religion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Caring]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Love]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Natural Church]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Natural Religion]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.amorian.org/?p=545</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Love&#8217;s strength can be measured by the severity of the feeling of loss we feel when lose our loved one.  The better we love someone, the greater the loss we feel when we love them.  Love is the emotional bond between people. Caring is one of the differences between healthy and unhealthy love.  The feeling of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Mythology of the United States of America</title>
		<link>http://www.amorian.org/2009/04/21/understanding-the-us-mythos/</link>
		<comments>http://www.amorian.org/2009/04/21/understanding-the-us-mythos/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 11:55:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Deism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[God's Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mythos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Natural Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Natural Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pursuit of Happiness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Virtue]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.amorian.org/?p=682</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I wonder, what is the mythos of the US. A mythos is a model of the natural and supernatural universe. It is our core assumption of how the universe works. We believe that certain things are just true about the natural world. The mythos is defined by a mythology, which is a set of stories [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Religious Deism is Fatally Flawed</title>
		<link>http://www.amorian.org/2009/04/17/the-fatal-flaws-of-desim/</link>
		<comments>http://www.amorian.org/2009/04/17/the-fatal-flaws-of-desim/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 23:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Exploratory]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Kannagara]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Natural Religion]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.amorian.org/?p=657</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Deism as a religious movement failed in general.  It didn&#8217;t have the appeal of revealed religions.  The classic Deists were reasonists, arguing their positions with psuedo-intellectualisms, and arguing to other psuedo-intellectuals.  The classic Deists didn&#8217;t have a lot of appeal to the common man and woman.  Is it any wonder the religion of Deism died [...]]]></description>
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