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Priests, pastors, and “politics”

Priests and pastors are often told that they should not become involved in politics. This is for a couple of reasons. One of them certainly is that one needs to be able to pastor to the whole congregation. If one frequently expresses political views, one is certain to eventually drive off some of the members of the congregation who will move to a community more congenial to their beliefs. But, often... [Read more]

If you are here legally, you have rights

From Fox News: A judge this week ruled this week that Texas can no longer deny driver’s licenses to legal immigrants with temporary visas and must issue standard licenses instead of non-standard ones approved by a state panel three years ago. …  Gov. Rick Perry, a popular choice among Republicans looking for a 2012 GOP presidential contender, supported the policy that was a blueprint... [Read more]

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Senseless economic cuts

The daughter of friends of Father Orthoduck and his wife has a summer internship at the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research (AEI), which is quite an honor. She returns to college this fall after a summer of experiencing the crazy world of political Washington, DC. AEI is one of the top five think tanks for conservative political thinkers. At their best, they provide some cogent... [Read more]

Christians in government in a pluralistic society — part 3

This will be my last piece in a discussion on Christians in government in a pluralistic society. So, let us look back at our founding a moment. Much too much time, paper, and ink have been used on debating whether or not this country was founded as a Christian country. All the research appears to show two things. One, some of the Founding Fathers most certainly were Christian and thought of this as... [Read more]

Can Christians be in the judiciary or legislature in a pluralistic society? — part 2

I believe in an America that is officially neither Catholic, Protestant nor Jewish; where no public official either requests or accept instructions on public policy from the Pope, the National Council of Churches or any other ecclesiastical source; where no religious body seeks to impose its will directly or indirectly upon the general populace or the public acts of its officials, and where religious... [Read more]

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But you can’t fool all of the people all of the time

OK, so let’s get to the nitty gritty of these various posts. After Kuhn showed how even science was somewhat dependent on one’s worldview and showed how major advances did not tend to happen until somebody looked at the data with a different worldview, other philosophers began to look again at the whole issue of language and meaning. As a background, Freud and Jung had already done their... [Read more]

An aside about servicepeople supporting freedom

Yesterday, Father Ernesto continued his discussion on Kuhn and a changing paradigm shift. He will continue that tomorrow with a small discussion on post-modernism and how that has impacted our view of truth. However, he brought up an event from 1946 nicknamed the McMinn County War. There is no recent comparable event, but it is certainly true that there still continues to be a strong feeling in America... [Read more]

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And you can fool some of the people all of the time

Yesterday I had mentioned that another philosophy came up that caused an explosion within USA culture. Remember that I mentioned a philosopher named Kuhn? His book was published in the 1960′s, in the midst of the cultural explosions that did not begin in the 1960′s as most people think, but began in the 1950′s (well, just slightly before) when the civil rights movement exploded.... [Read more]

You can fool all of the people some of the time

I mentioned yesterday that a philosopher named Kuhn came up with the terminology “paradigm shift.” And, I mentioned that what he conclusively showed was how even scientists are influenced by some of their preconceptions. Let me put it another way. If any of you have read the original Sherlock Holmes novels–not the movies, please, the novels–you know that he was an obssessive... [Read more]

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God forgive him, but not me, because I could not beware

For who deceives me once, God forgive him; if twice, God forgive him; but if thrice, God forgive him, but not me, because I could not beware. — 1611 Tarlton’s Jests [English "modernized" to make it readable] Yesterday I pointed out that several events had led to the loss of the concept of truth in our society, among them were philosophical ideas, the realization that some viewpoints had... [Read more]