I appreciate Prof. Dane's serious response to what I wrote. And,
for-the-record, I would like to say that although I am a Bible-believing,
Calvinistic, postmillennialst, I (we) are very critical of the so-called
"Religious Right" because most of their "leaders" are Republican Party
cheerleaders
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Comment: Well, let’s see, please, if what I said is “utter nonsense” or “absurd.” In the New Testament, in Romans 13, 1-8, God tells us the purpose of civil government. It’s powers are ordained of God and our rulers are to be ministers of His Law. Do any of our th
Hi,
In one sense, John Lofton's notion of "operational atheism"
has much more to it than meets the eye. Consider, for example, the
views of "Radical Orthodox" Christian theologians (e.g., John
Milbank) and some other important "post-liberal" contemporary
Christian thinkers (e.g., Sta
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St. Paul, in Romans 1:18ff, makes it clear that ALL men know there is a God; some worship Him, others don’t and hold down this truth (that there is a God) in unrighteousness. Thus, strictly speaking, there is no such thing as an “a
This sounds chillingly like the Stalinist insistence that people deserved
to be purged because they were "objectively counter-revolutionary". And
serves handily for labeling whoever the speaker has decided to dislike as
"objectively fascist" or "objectively racist", or perhaps even
"objectively Chr
By saying, carefully, that the ACLU, ABA and the three branches of our national
government are “de facto, operating” atheists I sought to head off the type of
response below. Oh, well….So, please, let me, briefly, elaborate on what I
meant by interspersing my comments among the comments of Ed Br
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I wonder if Mr. Darby's effort is not redundant. Do we not already have the
ACLU, ABA and the three branches of our national government which are, de
facto, operating atheists? Just wondering...John Lofton, Editor,
TheAmericanView.com and Recovering Republican...Also,
I wonder if Mr. Darby's effort is not redundant. Do we not already have the
ACLU, ABA and the three branches of our national government which are, de
facto, operating atheists? Just wondering...John Lofton, Editor,
TheAmericanView.com and Recovering Republican...Also, an interviewer of Mr.
Darb
