Posted on 03/06/2012 8:27:15 PM PST by mtrott
You misunderstand the “practical”. “Values” determine the direction of individual and collective actions. It is property that can’t protect itself. Property is only safe if it exists in a culture in which the moral worldview protects property rights.
Values, in turn, depend on a culture’s worldview, and worldviews have a metaphysical core. If a culture does not embrace the right metaphysics there will be, in practice, no real protection of property or freedom, for that matter.
Values are defended by arguing for a worldview. That, ultimately, is a matter of apologetics.
And apologetics is often done in a very counter productive way.
Exhibit A: Rick Santorum. Not his job. He’s not good at it. He is not convincing, He is an apologetic nightmare, and btw, we are talking about PRESIDENT here....not pastor in chief.
And you are free to be completely and utterly wrong. I don't care what you or anyone else says, what a gay guy does in his bedroom has absolutely no effect on how big the government gets or how expensive gas is, or anything else, really. The only material effect they (gays) can possibly have is to not have children. To believe otherwise is sheer ignorance and folly.
Social issues are going to have to take a back seat until we get this country rolling again.
An utterly thoughtless effusion of words....and, of course, you are free to be completely and utterly wrong.
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