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Cultivating Our Own Demise
We are killing ourselves. In a thousand different ways, we Americans steadfastly ignore the wisdom of the ages in our headlong rush to increase suffering and destroy what little we had that would have worked. We have so many pharmaceuticals … Continue reading
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Who Says We Can’t?
Inherent in the concept of “academic” is the idea we isolate things from the complexity of the real world so as to understand some element more fully. The assumption is we do this for as many parts of the reality … Continue reading
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Tagged government, resistance, scripture
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Economics: You Don’t Have to Understand It All
Economics, as a part of the Social Sciences, is an effort to explain how we got here. Data is pretty easy to get, but providing a comprehensive explanation of human nature requires interpretation. If your interpretation is flawed, you will … Continue reading
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Police: No Neutral Ground
You might think the writer and commenters at Pro Libertate blog start out with a hatred for any law enforcement. You’d be wrong; they only hate what it has become. In response to an interesting look at the sheepdog metaphor … Continue reading
Surrendering to Babylon
We have surrendered to Mammon, and cannot claim to serve God. Babylon is the symbol of all sins arising from greed, and frankly includes middle class “virtues” (prissy materialism) and capitalism. Both capitalism and the middle class merchant arose from … Continue reading
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Don’t Hate, But Don’t Trust Cops
Perhaps you’ve seen the infamous video of an OHP Trooper roughing up a Creek Nation EMT. I dare say plenty of Okies are unsurprised. The State of Oklahoma has never been very kind, and hardly respectful, of the Creek Nation. … Continue reading
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Tagged government, psychology
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Lawful Love
Jesus said “loving your neighbor” fulfills your obligation to God regarding His Creation (Mark 12:28-34). The context of the discussion was very much a matter of law and Law. God had revealed His standards in a rather extensive suzerain-vassal treaty … Continue reading
Difficult People: You Can’t Fix That
What is the godly, Christian response to devilish people? Change your response to them, because only God can change the person. While there are many people in my little world who seem to work for Satan, one person in particular … Continue reading
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Fundamental Laws of Humanity
I’ve mentioned here previously God holds the whole human race accountable to some fundamental laws. It has nothing to do with going to Heaven, but a system by which humans can expect to gain a modicum of material prosperity, consistent … Continue reading