Every once
in a while, some things come together – as in the total is greater than the sum
of its parts – like today!
First - There
is no such thing as The Science –
another Coronavirus fallacy
If you hear a politician say “we’re following The
Science”, then what that means is they don’t really understand what science
is. There isn’t such a thing as The Science. Science is a mindset.
Then - bionic
mosquito reminds us how true Christian leaders act – as history teaches
us.
In - Considering
Coronagate: Looking to the Constitution Will Only Guarantee More Tyranny - By
Gary D. Barnett –
who is one of my favorite authors and often posted in DaLimbraw Library –
brings up the futility of arguing Constitutional rights and the need to rely on
our NATURAL rights instead.
“…..but
I feel it necessary to once again remind people that they are individuals with
inherent rights, and looking to government to understand or validate your
rights guarantees that you will have none.”
I used to
worship DaConstitution and have SLOWLY come to realize it’s a dead letter, but
I digress. What I want to focus on is this source of our NATURAL rights – often
quoted by various authors. What are they and where do they come from?
Lo and
behold - bionic
mosquito: A World Without Christianity… - bionic analyzes a source that addresses that question head-on!
GS: Could we, though, have generated some sort of
human rights [absent Christianity]?
TH: I don’t see why you would. Why
would you? The idea that human rights kind of hangs in the ether
waiting to be discovered is as theological as believing that the Lord Jesus
Christ was raised from the dead and sits at the hand of God the Father. It
requires a leap of faith.
It is interesting: we consider that
natural rights “hang in the ether waiting to be discovered,” and this is true
enough. But I think it is only true enough if one first accepts that
man is made in God’s image and that God, in Jesus, gave us the means by which
to understand proper virtues.
TH: The difference is that Christians recognize the
divinity of Christ requires belief, whereas lots of people just assume that
human rights exist, but they do not. They are a result of various
legal developments in medieval Christendom. It doesn’t just
spontaneously emerge.
Obviously, you should read the whole thing, but here is what I call DaChristianConundrum
per Crush Limbraw: “In the foreword to his book
“Millennialism and Social Theory”, the author Gary North makes what I
considered an ironic statement. He noted that when a secular academic finds out that his book was written
by a bible believing Christian, he would immediately toss it away as not
credible. The Christian believer, on the other hand, has zero interest in
social theory. I can personally confirm the last statement by my personal experience
with various Christian churches and study groups – they’re not interested!
Therein lies
the problem. The bible, especially the old testament, is full of social theory.
Yet, the academics won’t take the time to study those theories – and the Christian
believers, who have turned their faith into a personal pursuit of pietism,
aren’t interested because it doesn’t fit their presupposition of end time
theology.
Both parties in this alliance live in total
ignorance of possible solutions to our civil societies’ problems, because they
have already made up their minds as to what is truth.
A plague on both of those mindsets! Prove all things
and hold on to that which is good!”
Welcome to America, eh?
Related Studies - Except for the website, all these studies are word
queries from DaLimbraw Library:
Churchianity
– arranged by latest first
Science
– also arranged by latest first
Surely, you can improve and expand this on your own initiative.
Get to work!
Time’s a wasting!