Saturday, May 1st, 2010
Dear Nameless,
It would appear there has been a distraction added to the ongoing argument of the Christian origins of institutional, moral, political and social America. I have not desired at any time, nor have I ever intended – much less felt the need – to mount an apologetic for David ...
Posted in Christianity & America’s Foundations, Christianity & Constitution | 9 Comments »
Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008
On June 14th, the Sincere Skeptic Wrote... "I think bureaucratic forms are inevitably inflexible and inappropriate to emergency situations. Their impersonal nature is at base incompatible with a christian commitment to love in my view. The question of scale in governance is one that we in the West are yet ...
Posted in Restoring American Foundations, Sincere Skeptic | 2 Comments »
Saturday, July 5th, 2008
Christian America and Socialism
The claim to a distinctly Christian America should not be romanticized. Our country, despite the opposition to socialism found in the Bible, has always cast a wandering eye to the seductive influence of socialistic ideals.
It should help if we understand "Socialism" as "Monopolistic capitalism". It has nothing ...
Posted in Mercantilism: Destroyer of American, Restoring American Foundations, Sincere Skeptic, What is a Christian Nation? | 4 Comments »
Friday, June 20th, 2008
The Sincere Skeptic wrote: As to the ‘efficiency’ of capitalism, a separate question to its morality, we could calculate the amount of gold extracted from South America it’s value now and see if the West could afford to buy it. A famous example is if the Native Americans had invested ...
Posted in Calling, Calling & Christian Stewardship, Christianity & America’s Foundations, Response, Sincere Skeptic | 2 Comments »
Thursday, June 19th, 2008
The previous inquiry addresses the "mixed" nature of Christianity as a cultural phenomenon in early "Christian America". The issues raised in that brief article were numerous and... I believe crucial to a proper understanding of the "cultural impact" of Christianity. Here is the second citation from the article to which ...
Posted in Christianity & America’s Foundations, Christianity & the Culture Carriers, Restoring American Foundations, Sincere Skeptic | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, June 18th, 2008
It is necessary to take the first 2 points only from your post today (numbered below), to give a fair answer to the inquiry and, I trust, a measured response to your positions. But this post here of several posts is, by its necessity, longer than the others to follow. ...
Posted in Christianity & America’s Foundations, Response, Restoring American Foundations | 1 Comment »