Posted on 10/19/2010 12:28:21 PM PDT by betty boop
Excellently put, dear hosepipe! Moral relativism means that, since there is no such thing as Truth, there can only be opinions.... And one man's opinion is just as good as any other's. It should be obvious that such an idea is a prescription for social chaos.... Which increasingly is what we have these days.
Marx absolutely forbade any questioning of his system. You had to buy it whole cloth, or not — but if not, you'd be some kind of an "enemy," someone "outside" of "our group." Darwinism rejects any and all non-material aspects of reality. If something cannot be directly observed, then it doesn't exist. But note that no Darwinist (or anybody else for that matter) has ever directly observed evolution. The very idea is non-material — as are all ideas.
Thank you so much for sharing your insights, dearest sister in Christ!
Indeed. The enemies of freedom use words in a kind of "watch the birdie" fashion: We are disarmed by the familiarity of the words they use, which have a distinct meaning for us, and so do not realize that they are inverting the traditional meanings of the words. It's a sort of magician's trick, a trick of misdirection. "Watch what my left hand is doing. Then you will not notice what my right hand is doing behind my back, which is where the real action is."
The Left progressive idea of the Living Constitution is a perfect example.
The Constitution the Framers designed is very much alive, thank you. Moreover, it is astonishingly "organic." It even prescribes the proper method by which it can be legitimately changed — Article V. Given that it provides for its own amendment, there is no truth to the claim that it has somehow "died." The fact is it self-corrects and self-renews as circumstances warrant — according to the considered will of the people as a whole, not according to the will of politicians and judges. It was the whole people who abolished slavery, not this or that politician or judge. It was a national effort, which culminated in the Thirteenth Amendment....
I think you are entirely correct in noting that the Left progressive idea of the "Living Constitution" is the result of both moral and intellectual corruption, the latter involving contempt for reason itself, and a refusal to acknowledge that there is Truth in the world, that the world has the form and structure it has because of its informing Truth....
Truth is inconvenient for these people. So get rid of it! But do not let the people catch onto what you're doing. Fool them instead.
betty boop: Indeed. The enemies of freedom use words in a kind of "watch the birdie" fashion: We are disarmed by the familiarity of the words they use, which have a distinct meaning for us, and so do not realize that they are inverting the traditional meanings of the words. It's a sort of magician's trick, a trick of misdirection. "Watch what my left hand is doing. Then you will not notice what my right hand is doing behind my back, which is where the real action is."
In abortion, they call the unborn child a "fetus" and their advocacy pro-"choice".
In immigration, the illegals are called "undocumented."
In the homosexual advocacy, "gay" has been misappropriated.
And so on.
true if you control the words you control battle..
Indeed.
So far as the “liveness” of the Constitution, the Founders have accounted for that.
It is called the amendment process and is contained therein.
So, the advocates of a “living Constitution” aren’t even really advocating that since it includes its own process for adjustment.
These are opponents and are advocating its overthrow and the implementation of their whim.
Hi, Sister.
Are you doing OK?
Faith
Don’t care for the broad brush you’re using. If it was meant to be funny it wasn’t.
This Catholic’s family has been here since before the Revolution.
I pray all is well with you, too.
Most illegal aliens are Catholics, nothing against Catholics, I do not care one way or another, it is a joke using a song as parody. Lighten up Francis.
Yeah and most Virginians are democratic hillbillies.
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