tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355052.post2205028775652233261..comments2024-03-28T09:52:15.415-04:00Comments on Common Denominator: Did you know? (Romans 1 and the Book of Wisdom)Ken Schenckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09745548537303356655noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355052.post-70246469498232866942011-05-11T16:05:43.756-04:002011-05-11T16:05:43.756-04:00So, the question is, how does one affirm "per...So, the question is, how does one affirm "personal values", that are sacralized, if one's personal values undermine another's life and liberty? One can't without undermining human rights.<br /><br />Where we draw our lines and define our liberties are what political positions are about in a free society. Everyone is supposed to have a voice in a free society, otherwise, it is called authoritarianism/totaltalitarianism, which is tyranny.Angie Van De Merwehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12617299120618867829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355052.post-37940606646673434592011-05-11T15:56:12.893-04:002011-05-11T15:56:12.893-04:00Fertility cults were useful ways of "understa...Fertility cults were useful ways of "understanding" how pregnancy "happened". Such cults used sacrifice to the "god" or "gods" to appease and make "favorable conditions" for reproduction."Nature religions" understand "god" in such ways.<br /><br />Other religions use myth to describe thier ultimate values, or ways of sacralizing life...<br /><br />Whenever anything is considered sacred, it is "personal identification" that correlates to personal values, as there is really no sacred or secular. These categories are man's attempt to promote his own values above and beyond another's....and it is competitive politics that makes for the 'winning' position!Angie Van De Merwehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12617299120618867829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355052.post-45309299476579615532011-05-11T11:07:14.933-04:002011-05-11T11:07:14.933-04:00One thing is for sure, our nation understood that ...One thing is for sure, our nation understood that MAN was the end of the "ideal" reality, as to his life, liberty and the purusuit of happiness. The individual was to make his own choices, decisions and formulate his own values apart from the State's demands of conformity to religious aspects of existence! <br /><br />Formal religious claims did not hold value in our nation=state, as Americans were protected from a "State sanctioned religion". There was to be no claim upon individuals and their identification to or about "God".Angie Van De Merwehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12617299120618867829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355052.post-65054199698957477212011-05-11T11:01:56.694-04:002011-05-11T11:01:56.694-04:00Monotheism has to have its apologetic, doesn't...Monotheism has to have its apologetic, doesn't it? And you are using Jewish texts to support Paul's apology for inclusion of "the Gentile", or the "non-religious". <br /><br />All religions are man-made attempts to describe "God" and give an account for causation....of this world and all that is. <br /><br />Science is also an attempt to describe "God" (Nature) and the causation of this world and all that is.<br /><br />Don't you think that science is more rational? Science is man's attempt at understanding the causes in the world and all that is....instead of faith in some intervening "God", science understands nature as its own cause...and theisic evolutionists or Deists believe that "God" has "ordained" such causative "order"...the problem is understanding "order", when the world is so complex....Angie Van De Merwehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12617299120618867829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355052.post-47453970869488761492011-05-11T09:22:41.810-04:002011-05-11T09:22:41.810-04:00No, I didn't know that! ;)No, I didn't know that! ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com