Politics
November 16, 2016
November 4, 2016
Would you vote for Hitler? Then stop voting for pro-abortion politicians.
Posted by Theosophical Ruminator under Abortion, Apologetics, Bioethics, Politics[2] Comments
Voting for a pro-abortion candidate? How is that different from a German voting for Hitler? Let me explain.
When it comes to voting, our primary concern as Christians should be that we elect a candidate to government office who will fulfill God’s purpose for government. And what is that purpose? Justice: rewarding good and punishing evil (Rom 13:1-4). While it’s true that no government, political party, or political candidate fulfills this purpose perfectly, it’s also true that they don’t fail at it equally. Some political parties and candidates do more to promote justice and punish evil than others. Our moral obligation is to cast our vote for the party/candidate we have reason to believe will bring about the greatest amount of good possible.
October 28, 2016
Voting for pro-abortion politicians is morally unconscionable
Posted by Theosophical Ruminator under Abortion, Apologetics, Bioethics, Politics[12] Comments
Government’s primary purpose is to protect our natural rights. The right to life is the most important right because all other rights depend on it. Any candidate/party who uses their political power to allow some mothers to legally murder their own children in utero is not fit for public office and should never receive our vote. As a form of murder, abortion is the greatest injustice possible, and to vote for a candidate/party who has told you in advance that they will use their political power to ensure that this injustice continues and expands, is morally unconscionable.
October 22, 2016
Policies matter more than personalities, 3rd parties, and stay-homers
Posted by Theosophical Ruminator under Politics[17] Comments
When it comes to voting, policies matter more than personalities. We are not voting for outstanding moral person of the year. We are voting for the person whose political ideas/policies will result in the most good. When forced to choose between candidates of poor personal characters, we cast our vote for the person who has the best policies, given our options.
Some people look at the deficiencies in character or policy or both, however, and conclude that they cannot cast their vote for any candidate in good conscience, or that they must vote for a third party candidate who has better policies than the major party candidates. I think both responses are a mistake. If our goal in voting is to make a moral difference in the world rather than just a moral statement, then we shouldn’t stay home or vote for an unelectable third-party candidate. Let me explain.
November 25, 2015
The power to tax is the power to enslave
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The power to tax is the power to enslave. That’s not to say taxation itself is immoral. All of us can agree to a reasonable amount of taxes to pay for a functional government and basic social resources like funding the military, paving roads, and the like. But the bigger the government gets, the more taxes it needs, and the more money it takes. If the government taxed an individual 100% of their income, they will have effectively enslaved them because they are working entirely for the government and not benefiting from their own work. If the individual was allowed to keep 10% of their earnings, they are little better than a slave. It’s just a matter of degree. As this entitlement culture demands more and more, the government will continue to take more and more in taxes, enslaving us degree by degree. If you want freedom, keep our government small.
November 23, 2015
Diversity is not a value
Posted by Theosophical Ruminator under Philosophy, Pluralism, Political Incorrectness, Politics, Relativism[15] Comments
Diversity is not a value. Diversity just is. We don’t value diversity for diversity’s sake, but for what that diversity provides us. For example, we value diversity in food because we enjoy eating different kinds of food. We value diversity of clothing styles because we like to express ourselves in different ways, and we think it would be wrong to make everyone wear the same kind of clothes or eat the exact same food. But there are some examples of diversity that should not be valued or “celebrated.” We should not celebrate diversity in moral views, particularly when some of those moral views entail gross immorality. The British did not celebrate the diversity of Indians when they burned their widows on the funeral pyre. They forcibly ended that barbarism. We should not celebrate diversity in how women’s genitalia is treated – celebrating those who mutilate women’s genitalia alongside those who do not. We should not celebrate the diversity of killing one’s own daughter after she is raped to preserve the honor of the family. Not all ideas are of equal value. We celebrate the diversity of people, but not the diversity of ideas. Bad ideas should be fought against – first by persuasion, but if that fails, in some cases we must fight those ideas by force.