tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post116317520778400388..comments2017-04-13T04:47:21.148-06:00Comments on Pro Libertate: Review of the News, November 10 (Expanded; Revised, 11/11)William N. Grigghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14368220509514750246noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-1163308269038026842006-11-11T22:11:00.000-07:002006-11-11T22:11:00.000-07:00Mr.Scholl already mea culpa'd. Maybe he reads your...Mr.Scholl already mea culpa'd. Maybe he reads your blog also? Ex-bircher who is glad to see you on the net. You are on my toolbar and I appreciate your scholarship as always.<BR/>Wayne BorngesserAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-1163222104165003542006-11-10T22:15:00.000-07:002006-11-10T22:15:00.000-07:00Will, judging by your, and I assume many other for...Will, judging by your, and I assume many other former and current JBS members, obvious disdain for Alan Scholl, I've been meaning to ask recently but got distracted by other things.<BR/><BR/>That would be, how did a man like Alan Scholl become a headmaster within the JBS in the first place? Is the New American magazine, the JBS's premiere publication, that far removed from the JBS itself that no one, especially senior editors, within TNA have any meaningful influence on the Society's direction? Or even those within the core of the JBS itself?<BR/><BR/>I see it as somewhat of a dichotomy that most members within the JBS hierarchy supposedly possess a limited and strictly constitutional view of government, which by definition would include real Christians, yet observe an Alan Scholl become director of mission and campaigns for the entire organization. Care to delineate your take on that, if possible?<BR/><BR/>Just curious...dixiedoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09845646940134894119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-1163217785268398432006-11-10T21:03:00.000-07:002006-11-10T21:03:00.000-07:00Will, why would it seem strange for the regime or ...Will, why would it seem strange for the regime or folk shillin' for it (i.e. Scholl, et al), regardless of which wing of die Partei is at the helm, to not prescribe and desire to adhere to Christian Just War doctrine? Notwithstanding the farcical polls suggesting otherwise, you don't think that the majority of Americans today are <I>really</I> Christians, do ya? Shame on ya, if you think so.<BR/><BR/>The current cabal of pagans' thinking on warfare merely reflects how it was largely waged in the pre-Christian era, except today of course with modern weaponry at their disposal rather than gladii and pila.<BR/><BR/><I>The standard you see for voting is not as simple as [gauging] a politician's stance on same-sex marriage or abortion...</I><BR/><BR/>What Cizik says is somewhat inaccurate, IMO. If one cannot discern abortion as murder or homosexuality itself (much less the concept of it embracing "marriage") as depraved and deviant in the extreme, how in the heck can you expect that same one to <I>honestly</I> discern dishonest gain, greed, or corruption? You cannot. The fact is that many who are quick to howl about a politician's greed or corruption are themselves full of the same! He/she is likely to approve of enriching themselves at the expense of another entity (via the government court system) or grab their share of corporate or personal largess (via the government bureaucracy), yet these same folk never hesitate to squeak and howl about the same behavior exhibited on another level by the po' class or by the politicians themselves (again, via the government bureaucracy). The only difference here being that in the politician's case, naturally, these things are much easier to accomplish as politicians are part and parcel of that government bureaucracy.<BR/><BR/>You can't speak one way out of your freakin' mouth and act out another way entirely in your personal daily life and expect to have any credibility at all. I'm talking about commoners here, especially evangelicals, not politicians in case it's not yet clear. Yes, it is "as simple as gauging a politician's stance..." Because, as I've said before, a politician's stance generally <I>reflects</I> the aggregate electorates' stance! If anyone should know better, Cizik should. Idolatry isn't merely greed, although greed is a party to idolatry, but idolatry is worshipping, coveting, envying, or desiring <I>anything</I> or <I>anyone</I> above the Lord. Many folk simply think of idolatry as simply worshipping and therefore valuing <I>literal</I> objects like golden calves, totem poles, and mammon itself as false gods in place of Yahweh. No, it's anything or anyone that takes top priority in one's life that becomes an idol, Mr. Cizik.<BR/><BR/>Enjoyed it, Will. Keep 'em comin'!dixiedoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09845646940134894119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-1163200564469331622006-11-10T16:16:00.000-07:002006-11-10T16:16:00.000-07:00Re: the elections. I notice that Ron Paul and Jeff...Re: the elections. I notice that Ron Paul and Jeff Flake breezed through easily. And they're the ones who opposed their own party the most and voted most consistently for smaller government.James Leroy Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12161937349485813448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-1163184642689868192006-11-10T11:50:00.000-07:002006-11-10T11:50:00.000-07:00Will,Nice job exposing Deval Patrick on your blog ...Will,<BR/><BR/>Nice job exposing Deval Patrick on your blog today. I live in Marxachusetts (God help us). <BR/>Sometimes ya just gotta laugh to keep from crying.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-1163178374716130232006-11-10T10:06:00.000-07:002006-11-10T10:06:00.000-07:00will,you surely have a gift to write. but not just...will,<BR/><BR/>you surely have a gift to write. but not just that. you also havea gift to do research. in the class i'm in now i have to wrtie a 10 page paper every week and then brief it. man, you make it look so easy! keep up the good work!rickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12473173027048173880noreply@blogger.com