Posted on 22 June, 2008 by td
On the issue of prayer in public school, it’s difficult for me to take an absolute stand. Many take the establishment clause of the First Amendment to mean that government is supposed to be irreligious.
I don’t agree that government should be irreligious. If that were the case, then the founders wouldn’t have bothered with chaplains [...]
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Posted on 15 June, 2008 by td
Claiming for myself the labels of Christian and libertarian, I often find myself at odds with both. Is there a synergy in what many seem to assume are contradictory philosophies. I think so.
Andrew Davis, writing for the Libertarian Party Blog, wrote in his post, LP vs CP:
Christian members of the Libertarian Party recognize that the basis of [...]
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Posted on 9 May, 2008 by td
Avarice is the root of all evil. 1Ti 6:10.
Avarice, philargyria in Greek, is usually translated ‘the love of money’. I’ve no doubt that a greedy desire for money is at the heart of many evils done in the world. This leads me to a moral question regarding the Christian’s role in a society of personal liberty [...]
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