Yearly Archives: 2015

In present day society, when there are two positions on a subject, there is rarely the putting forth of a case for one of the positions. Rather, more often than not, each side denigrates the other or seeks to distort and exaggerate the opposing position. We see this most often and most blatantly in politics, but not politics exclusively. Neither side appears to be interested in an honest exchange of ideas nor do most seem to have the slightest interest in actually understanding the opposing position. Once key words enter the conversation, each side begins broad brushing and caricaturing the other and this turns off the intellectual process of seeing clearly what is being said. Each side writes the other off as…

The further away one gets from the origin, the more distorted the original gets. We can see this on two primary fronts. First of all, as a nation, established as a constitutionally limited republic, this is evident in the lack of knowledge of, and unwillingness to enforce and continue what the creators of that document (the constitution) said, meant, and intended. Secondly, on the moral front. The sin of man has been consistent from the days of Adam, so don’t get me wrong that I’m suggesting that things are worse now than ever. Not the case. However, speaking about my lifetime (nearly 7 decades), this is the case. We have lost our will to fight the real enemy. Again, the church falls…