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Posted on 03/10/2004 9:37:27 PM PST by malakhi
| Statesmen may plan and speculate for liberty, but it is religion and morality alone which can establish the principles upon which freedom can securely stand. The only foundation of a free constitution is pure virtue. - John Adams |
Yes, I know what you mean. Oh well, the thought of rowing to Hawaii in a canoe was that appealing anyway:-)
We still have Al, Bass and my oldest son in the hunt. Dave, start dusting off the trophy, we're gonna have a new champ.
But then, most of y'alls brackets are pretty ugly too. ;o)
a) Is in denial.
b) Knows nothing about basketball
c) Is psychic
Kentucky took out a bunch of us. But I've still got half of the teams in the sweet 16 and potentially 3/4 of the teams in the final 4. Most of the upsets hurt everyone pretty much equally.
The Pitt/Wisconsin game was entertaining. Like every Pitt game I've watched, a play or two at the end makes all the difference. These guys were 6 minutes into the game and had scored a combined 7 points.
Makes you wonder what game UAB was playing the other night to have each team go over 100. Could it possibly be the same sport?
SD
Suffice it to say that we were told not to go "thread jumping."
And if you're going to do it anyway, at least be honest. This is what was said:
Traitors and heretics do deserve death.
However, so does everybody else.
That's quite different. Try being honest, for once.
SD
What, this isn't standard practice where you live? As I've noted before, we pay legislators a salary and a "pre diem" when they show up to work. America's only native criminal class, said Twain.
SD
Um, because they're perfectly rational when understood in context. Are you familiar at all with the present war on terror?
SD
As a State alum, that was painful to watch. It doesn't help that an equally bad call hurt us in the ACC tournament, a 4 point technical because one of our assistants was still wiping a wet spot on the court after a timeout when the ref handed the ball to Maryland to inbound. Maryland went on a 10-0 run after that and we lost by 3.
However, in both cases, we did some pretty stupid things too. Yesterday, those two straight fouls on 3 point shots in the final 2 minutes were inexcusable. Those were two bad calls, but then again, we did enough shooting our own foot.
All in all, a good year though. Definitely our best since Jim Valvano left.
I don't read it that way. I see it emphasizing Yahoshua's pre-eminence and headship of the church/assembly through his anointing and being the first to overcome death.
SD
That being said, I repeat: traitors deserve death, and in a society based upon Christianity, heretics may be rightly counted as traitors, as they seek the overthrow of the existing social order. The death penalty itself is an entirely Scriptural and moral practice in such cases, presuming of course that due process is observed.
Is it that you missed that or is it that you are being disingenuous again?
Is there some part of the above that you find to be untrue?
SD
SD
I'm sorry it's such a difficult question. Since you "object" to the statement, I thought you might tell us what is wrong with it, what is untrue.
Here, let me deomonstrate.
My question is, do you agree "traitors deserve death, and in a society based upon Christianity, heretics may be rightly counted as traitors, as they seek the overthrow of the existing social order."
"Traitor deserve death." Yes absolutely true.
"in a society based upon Christianity, heretics may be rightly counted as traitors, as they seek the overthrow of existing social order." This also seems to be true. Knowing what he means by "society based upon Christianity" as one with a monarch and one within church and state are not seperate.
I don't agree that we should be forced to live under such a regime, or that we ever will acheive such a thing on this earth. It is our eventual goal, however. Christ is King and His Kingdom is a Christian monarchy.
But, in this life on this earth, I don't see it happening. But if it were the case, then heretics would indeed be traitors. And they would indeed seek the overthrow of the existing order. And, barring other methods of removing this corrupting influence, the death penalty would be warranted.
That's why I drew the similarity to the current Islamic terrorists. Their heretical views (that we are all infidels who deserve to submit or die) make them dangerous to the social order of Western civilization. If they can not be assimilated or be insulated from us, then death may be the only way to protect ourselves from them.
SD
And that explains why I want nothing to do with "ecumenism" under the auspices of the RCC. (History counts).
You used a lot of words when it obvious you look forward to a society controlled by the "Christian (Roman Catholic) Church" which will determine who the "heretics" are and how they are to be punished.
You're awfully dense.
SD
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