Hi Billy, On Jan 5, 2012, at 12:59 PM, [email protected] wrote:
> Not sure what to make of the material you sent. I don't have a problem > with justifiable authority. But how does anyone make use of the Bible > as a sort of constitution that underwrites the Constitution ? Quote all the > scripture verses you want but the record is Germany under various princes, > or the Roman Catholic Church, or Eastern Orthodox Churches, or the Nestorians, > or Holland, or France with a Catholic monarchy that often entered > alliances with Protestants, etc, and of course, the USA. > > Then there is what may be called a "Roger Williams" interpretation for the US, > or a Wm Penn interpretation, or an Anglican interpretation, or a New England > Congregational one, or one favored by Southern Baptists, and on and on. > > A few thoughts for starters I think the big takeaway is that *moral authority* is prior to *political authority*. In the U.S., that started with Scripture and Christianity. In our postmodern age, it may come down to a sort of "shared deism" and personal authenticity. But I don't think we can either revert back to the culture of the Founders (as the Right wants) or ignore the issue entirely (as the Left wants). E -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org
