Virtue & Morality: Freedom’s Prerequisites

Meridian Magazine ^ | Unknown | Timothy B. Lewis

[Poe White Trash]

People who do not have the ethics and morals - wisdom to government themselves, will need a police state to govern them. That is why liberals/marxists have torn apart the moral fabric of this nation. And it is falling...

Ah, but what happens when those who govern a nation also do not possess the ethics and morals to govern themselves? Can even a police state sustain itself in a situation like that?

[SaraJohnson]

People would not elect such low lifes if they knew the difference.

[Jacquerie]

This thread deals with morality and virtue as a prerequisite to freedom, not the abuses heaped upon our Constitution and nation since the founding.

[antisocial]

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[Poe White Trash]

This thread deals with morality and virtue as a prerequisite to freedom, not the abuses heaped upon our Constitution and nation since the founding.

So you see no significant connection between the two? That's odd.

BTW, you mean "religious" virtue and morality, correct?

[Alamo-Girl]

In general I agree with your insight here, ForGod'sSake. The only qualification I'd make is "true vs. false" is not logically the same thing as "good vs. evil." It seems to me "true vs. false" indicates rational categories, but "good vs. evil" indicates ontological categories. In other words, the two sets of terms distinguish between the different states of knowing and being. We Christians may sense ourselves moving along a linear path towards good or evil, according to our free choice. But without God to draw us, our propensity/susceptibility to evil will tend to overwhelm us, ineluctibly it seems.

So very true.

Thank you for your beautiful essay-post, dearest sister in Christ!

[betty boop]

Infinitely unknowable but eminently reachable.

And that is the truly amazing thing....

Thank you for your beautiful reflections, dear sister in Christ!

All thanks and praise be to God!