http://naturalaw.failuretorefrain.com = Natural Law, as coined by Richard Maybury in his "Uncle Eric" books. The state must be restricted to the judiciary. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 05:56:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en G. K. Chesterton (whom is never read without illumination): The term “pagan” is continually used in fiction and light literature as meaning a man without any religion, whereas a pagan was generally a man with about half a dozen.  The pagans, according to this notion, were continually crowning themselves ... http://naturalaw.failuretorefrain.com/2008/11/19/what-do-i-mean-by-pagan/ Where does the incentive to torture come from?  Is it not among the most fearful of responses?  Is it not the ultimate demonstration of justifying the means by the ends?  Who can practice torture and expect to escape any consequences? These are not conservative problems.  Liberals practice the same ... http://naturalaw.failuretorefrain.com/2008/11/19/where-to-send-guantanamo-prisoners-they-can-move-in-with-me/ out of grad school, it is because of conversations like these at God's Politics. People ask why I bother to engage that audience at all, and it is because I sometimes find myself in discussion with open-minded individuals who can think and challenge my ideas, or at least force me to ... http://naturalaw.failuretorefrain.com/2008/11/14/if-i-should-fail/ At the end of the day, what would you add to this fairly unique list?  With all due respect, I personally, at this moment in time, absolutely shouldn't of suggested that it's not rocket science because 24/7 people are saying this and it is literally a nightmare. http://naturalaw.failuretorefrain.com/2008/11/11/communication-fail/ I have posted the following on the God's Politics blog in a discussion of who's responsibility the least of these are: Nations means people of the nation, not the government of the nation. I Samuel shows us that God never intended a centralized government in Israel, but the law of Moses ... http://naturalaw.failuretorefrain.com/2008/11/08/of-pure-virtue-and-responsibility/ Gavel Bang to Minnesota Independent. (btw, I'd LOVE one of these for Christmas!) http://naturalaw.failuretorefrain.com/2008/11/07/africa-is-not-a-country/ Ummm..... I forgot: http://naturalaw.failuretorefrain.com/2008/11/07/remember-remember/ Shane Claiborne, ladies and gentlemen: God of Abraham, Miriam, Hannah, Rizpah, and David… God of Elijah, Amos, Ruth, Isaiah, Deborah… God of Mary, John the Baptizer, Peter, Paul, Philemon and Onesimus… God of Anthony, Ambrose, Dirk Willems, Teresa of Avila, and Francis of Assisi, God of Dorothy Day, Martin Luther King, Mother Teresa, William Wilberforce, and Oscar ... http://naturalaw.failuretorefrain.com/2008/11/07/blockquoting-prayer/   I stole this photo from Jesus Manifesto, where this conversation has begun. First, I owned a T-Shirt in middle school with this image exact emblazened across the chest.  I used to listen to a lot of Christian metal back then, and Bob Larsen... More recently I was tutoring two economics students, ... http://naturalaw.failuretorefrain.com/2008/11/06/eschatology-ethics-and-relationships/ I am happy for the election's outcomes.  There's going to be a black man in the Oval Office.  That's nice. I have a small concern, however: When we see an injustice created by privilege, our temptation is to expand that franchise rather than replacing the privilege with voluntary interaction and competition.  If ... http://naturalaw.failuretorefrain.com/2008/11/06/expanding-the-franchise/