It would be easy at this point to give one of the standard answers and say that God does not care what type of government is ruling in a particular area. And, there is quite some truth to that. A quite good case can be made that God is more interested in the behavior of […]
Does God like democracy? – part 01
One of our major cultural assumptions is that we are destined to spread democracy throughout the world. Now, when I say “destined,” I mean destined in the full sense of the 19th century idea of Manifest Destiny. As you listen to recordings of presidents from both Democrat and Republican ranks, you can hear the drumbeat […]
Israel was neither a democracy nor a constitutional monarchy
This is a small caveat to all our discussions in which we look at Old Testament Israel to try to apply some of what was done back then to today’s economic and political situations and this caveat applies whether we are conservative or liberal. Israel was not a representative democracy. Israel was not a constitutional […]
On false accusations
Father Orthoduck is not a fan of Rush Limbaugh. I agree with those who say that he has gone beyond being the entertainer he claims to be to being a person that is dangerous to the well-being of the USA. Nevertheless, that is no excuse for passing on false information about him. So, here is […]
On the Bible and forensic evidence
Have you ever wondered why some of the rules of evidence in Scripture are so strict? Read the New Testament account of the trial of Jesus. Look at the words of the high priest as he confronts Our Lord Jesus Christ. He is utterly frustrated because of the testimony of the witnesses. Now the chief […]
Healthcare and the CIA World Factbook
An objection was made to my quoting the World Health Organization regarding our healthcare system and whether it is the best in the world. Those of you who read the post yesterday will have seen that the WHO ranks our healthcare system as only 37th in the world. The objection was made that the WHO […]
Top world healthcare systems
OK, so it is time to cut to the chase. One of the phrases we hear in the USA is that we have the best healthcare system in the world. But, is that true? Hmm, the answer is, “no.” Let’s look at the rankings of the World Healthcare Organization as to healthcare systems. The WHO […]
On healthcare and the Church
On an earlier post on healthcare, the following line was posted, “The Popes and Patriarchs ought stick to matters of faith and leave economic and healthcare decisions to experts in the field.” This is a classic line that is used whenever the Church’s teachings hit close to home. In fact, exactly the same line has […]
WWJD – Healthcare edition
Of Bible, interpretation, and Supreme Court judges, part 07
Here is the bottom line of what I have been saying. In almost all scholarly fields, when questions of knowledge come up that are hard to solve, they are referred to a group that represents the community. The larger the “truth” that is being debated, the larger and more representative is the group to which the argument is […]
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