Ten Good Conservative Christian Principles

This blog is being posted late Monday night. You should still read the one posted earlier in the day (either before or after you read this one) because it contains thoughts I believe beneficial to reflect on.

God: Insure collective cultural expressions of religion in society. Glen Beck reminds us that Washington DC is full of monuments involving Christianity. I still stand by my assertion that the prospect of Christopher Columbus being an actual Born Again Christian should be a concept that would make any real Christian ill. Nevertheless there are monuments to our heritage all over. So of course we should allow things like posting the Ten Commandments and Manger Scenes in the town square at Christmas time. Personally I didn’t think the U S Supreme Court had the right to ban school prayer in 1962. To me this should be a decision made by State or local school districts. There is no reason for an Atheist to be intimidated by any of this. People who are afraid to let others know what they believe, probably don't feel comfortable believing it themselves. People are free to live their own convictions in America.

Guns: Preserve second amendment rights. I think this whole “mental whacko” problem is being worked on and solved as far as having data banks to weed out dangerous people who should not have guns. People are free to have guns and to do things with guns that people do with them such as sport hunting, target practice, or defending your home.

Gays: No gay marriages. They are very unhealthy for the institution of marriage and society at large Feel free to skip to the next one if you don’t want to hear how gays fare on other estra-terriestrial cultures. The Crestorians scarcely even have a word for homosexual it’s so rare. Just like that “tsunami” tribe in SE Asia had no words for such common emotions as hope or wait or want, or anxiousness, or expectation. The Pikes and the Arkturians have no problem with homosexuality. The Pikes are the people we most base our concept of space aliens on with the smaller bodies, light gray skin and big black eyes. The Arkturians by contrast are very human and perhaps the most like us. The Andromadans are the originally hippy “do your own thing” culture. Though gays are in the definite minority, they are accepted. This is true on stars D and E. F I’m not so sure about. As to the Bajorans, they are rather like we were in the fifties where nobody goes public, but homosexuality is even rarer there than it was here in the ‘fifties. The Romulans are perhaps the most like ourselves. Though the incidents of homosexuality are slightly higher than here, it is frowned upon by the majority of society more than it is here. As to the Federation - - they are completely accepting of gay culture to the degree that any sort of bigotry against gays is detected and steps are taken to snuff it out. Stewart, as a Romulan (at least now) is antagonistic to the whole idea of homosexuality. Stewart also tends to be, as the Federation charges, “Theocentric” in his view of the Big Bang theories and as the Federation says “If you are going to get into speculative theories, there are all sorts of congingencies of the Big Bang theory that Stewart hasn’t even considered, probably because of his Theocentric mind set”.

Abortion: No abortions except for rape and incest. As Dennis Prager says, certain acts in society are so hanious that society at large has to make a “statement” as to what abominations they really are. Such as the seducing of a fourteen year old daughter by her own father. Also I don't believe that cells in a test tube have a presumptive right to life but only an embryo growing in the womb. That's my oppinion.

Death Penalty: For it, based on the scripture "If man sheds another man's blood, then his own blood shall be shed by man" in Genisis 9:6 or something. Jesus Christ never extended forgiveness or salvation to a murderor. Jesus never personally “pardoned” Barrabus, who had committed murder in a riot. Taking a life is permanent.

Child Preditors and internet ID theft. We are doing fairly well in this area but need to continue to be vigelent. I think a lot of the Dateline and TV programs on this have been very helpful. Obviously it’s going to take time to deal with all forms of internet abuses. There should be some degree of confidence our children are safe on the internet.

No Fault divorce laws: Against them. I think they should be abolished and we ought to go back to the old system we had fifty years ago where we took the marriage contract more seriously. These actors who abandon families for no reason at all are flakes. They think that rules are made for other people and not for them. If you're going to condemn gay marriage- - making the marriage contract meaningless isn't a good thing either.

Euthanasia: Against it in principle. But I wouldn't condemn individual people who wanted to except life if they were in enough pain. But it's a bad precedent. Stewart differs a bit from me on this issue though he basically agrees in principle. Stewart agrees that society at large of over medicated and needs to have a more healthful diet. But Stewart regards it as an inailable right to plan an “early exit” should life become unbearable. But even Stewart respects people who don’t take this “golden parachute” option. Personally I’d be afraid that if I ever made an “early Exit” that God would personally take retribution against me on the Other Side. I wouldn’t want to risk it.

Cloning and Genetic Engineering: Against it for the most part. In terms of cloning organs I am not really sure but foresee an era where the rich might live 150 years with all new body parts and I'm not sure how good that would be for society. I must differentiate between genetic surgery to restore God’s creation to its original intent and between genetic engineering we have today where we create whole new life forms and patent things like substances found in the human body, and patent seeds that self destruct after one generation. It took billions of years for life to come to us in its present form under Divine guidance. For us to tinker with this reality is sheer folly. One might go so far as to call it a sin against God. Stewart’s view is a bit different in that he says that “If we could eliminate defects it would be a good thing in society”. I guess the danger as I see it is that at some point there is going to be some “arbiter” to determine what IS “defective” and what is not. Personally – when we go that far we have truly gone “too far”.

I believe in the principle of individual responsibility exercised by every adult citizen and that "A man ought to reap the consequences of his actions" as it says in Galations 5 or whatever. I disagree with Ron Paul when he says we should give the Moslem terrorists a pass "because they have reasons for doing what they do". Two wrongs don't make a right. And it's folly to suppose Al Qaeda goes through the same mental processes we westerners do in making moral decisions. I have applied this principle to both Einstein and Calvinism in the past. The whole idea that we have some “cosmic insurance policy” itself I find to be an insult against God as well as karmic moral principles. This one cuts both ways to conservative and liberal alike. Both at times have had a false sense of “entitlement” from government. Adam Smith will work most all of the time, if you let it. The trouble is that governments and churches alike create an artificial environment where people get distorted ideas of how the rest of the world actually lives. Patent laws give an improper sense of entitlement to drug companies, who think their product can be shielded from market forces forever. If Despots’ ideas were ever put to a vote where the people were given the real facts about them- - they would be toppled by force every time. But too many people, both despot and victim alike, worship at the altar of entitlement.