As a spiritual matter, the problem of Tyranny is the problem of conscience. A virtuous and Godly life requires freedom of choice. The freedom to choose between a red car and a green car is not an issue. The “Liberty” in “Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness” refers to liberty of conscience, not the [...]
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A Deist church and consciencious objections
Posted in December 20th, 2009
Some of the legislation coming from the socialists in Washington, DC, has me wondering. Some of the bills apply taxes for such things as the socialized medicine bill. The Americans for Tax Reform web site gives one example. Here is a page that documents the taxes in the Senate version of the criminal and immoral [...]
Americans support religious displays and celebrations on public property
Posted in December 11th, 2009
America’s Founders intended that the people be religious. They knew that the US government would succeed only if the people were virtuous. They also knew that religion is necessary for virtue. And they knew that when government was tied to religion, both government and religion were the worse for the attachment. The American people understand [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
