01-29-2015, 02:11 AM
I'm gonna close this, unless Bill beats me to it.
Just a quick response to Stanc: The general theme of the Bible, in which it is taught the "New" Testament both fulfills and supercedes the "Old" Testament, is that one expresses his love for God by loving his fellow man, and that the guiding principle of human relations is to "do unto others as you would have them do unto you." From this logically follows that one should govern others as one would, himself, want to be governed. (Today's Congress exempting themselves from Obamacare is a obvious example violating this.)
Anyway, I consider myself a practicing Christian, so I'm happy to discuss any questions via PM, or better, email.
But as this thread has, alas, wandered into the weeds and has gone far from LRRPF52's original intent, we'll let it rest.
Just a quick response to Stanc: The general theme of the Bible, in which it is taught the "New" Testament both fulfills and supercedes the "Old" Testament, is that one expresses his love for God by loving his fellow man, and that the guiding principle of human relations is to "do unto others as you would have them do unto you." From this logically follows that one should govern others as one would, himself, want to be governed. (Today's Congress exempting themselves from Obamacare is a obvious example violating this.)
Anyway, I consider myself a practicing Christian, so I'm happy to discuss any questions via PM, or better, email.
But as this thread has, alas, wandered into the weeds and has gone far from LRRPF52's original intent, we'll let it rest.