For part of my vacation this year, I visited my friend Tara, who lives in San Antonio. It was a beautiful trip, and San Antonio was very nice. Maybe I will write more about that later. There was one quick thing I wanted to post about, however. When I visited the Alamo, there was a short sentence that really jumped out at me. There is a picture on the right.
The first sentence reads: “Republicanism, a new idea about government, became popular in the late 1700s.”
I realize this may be over pedantic, but I just couldn’t let this drop. Republicanism was a new idea about government? Perhaps the author of this short blurb should have read Plato.
That’s all for now. I need to get back to catching up on email.
Philosophy, education
government, Philosophy, politics
It’s really quite simple: You simply cannot legislate morality. In fact, you shouldn’t even want to do such. My passing or attempting to pass legislation of this kind, you are implying that the majority has the right to enforce such things on the minority. You must look ahead to the time when you are no longer in the majority. What will you do then? Will you compromise your own values to adopt the view of the majority – the will of the people?
Someone once replied to me that this would never happen, because the majority would never disagree with them. “The majority of people are Christians, and Christianity is correct.” To that I have one reply. If the majority of the people in the United States are Christian, how in the world did we get to be so messed up. There is obviously a flaw of some sort present in either that person’s logic or Christianity. I’m likely to lean towards the former.
Christianity is probably the most misunderstood thing of our times. How many times did Jesus try to force someone to follow him? NEVER. Quit trying to force you opinion on everyone, and you’ll find that your opinion will be heard a lot better.
Philosophy
christianity, government, politics
