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To: OneWingedShark

yes. well i have to answer that there is government under God as we were founded. the limits of that government are good.

there is government that is outside of God. man’s government. the government of principalities, of powers, of the wicked in high places. so is the libertarian of whatever stripe governing under God or not? clearly some who call themselves that here are to some degree. that’s good. that’s why we can find common ground.

complete indifference to all around you, complete indifference to your “competitors.” is that government God would approve of?

certainly if you as an individual affected no one outside yourself, you could at least argue you are doing no harm. but is that just another utopian cannard?


275 posted on 08/01/2013 11:25:37 PM PDT by dadfly
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To: dadfly
certainly if you as an individual affected no one outside yourself, you could at least argue you are doing no harm. but is that just another utopian cannard?

Doing no harm is not enough, for if you know to do good and don't do it you are sinning just as much as if you chose to do evil. So, IMO, there's really no fence-sitting when it comes to morality.

complete indifference to all around you, complete indifference to your “competitors.” is that government God would approve of?

See my tagline, it's from Micah 6:8.

yes. well i have to answer that there is government under God as we were founded. the limits of that government are good.

there is government that is outside of God. man’s government. the government of principalities, of powers, of the wicked in high places. so is the libertarian of whatever stripe governing under God or not? clearly some who call themselves that here are to some degree. that’s good. that’s why we can find common ground.

I think you and I are in complete agreement here.

279 posted on 08/01/2013 11:39:58 PM PDT by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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