Governance
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Law, justice, governance and the Millennial Reign: The right to self defense.
Of all rights, perhaps none rival in importance the right to self defense. It is the most basic instinct of all living things. The deer or the elk care very little that a pack of wolves has banded together with the intent to kill and has the power to do so. Its power is limited Continue reading
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Law, justice, governance and the millennial reign: The importance of freedom of speech.
In Matthew 15 Jesus says, “But the things that come out of a person’s mouth come from the heart, and these defile them. For out of the heart come evil thoughts—murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander.” Matthew 15:18&19. To know what is in a person, you have to allow them to speak. In Continue reading
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Law, justice, governance and the Millennial Reign: The Ten Commandments, perfect law, part 2.
In the last writing I discussed what makes a law useful to people in that they are determined by specific harms that are unacceptable. Harms to body, property and falsely to reputation. All of these point to the necessity of bodily autonomy of each individual without impinging on the basic right of others as in Continue reading
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Law, justice, governance and the Millennial Reign: The Ten Commandments, perfect law, part 1.
In this series, I have been writing that things such as traffic enforcement rules and other mechanisms like them exist only to serve themselves. In so doing, they pervert justice by punishing those who do no harm, immediate or corrosive(more on that later). And given the size of police departments, one would think the streets Continue reading
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Law, justice, governance and the Millennial Reign: Child sacrifice, blood oaths and secrecy.
In the last installment, I wrote about the trivial matters that law enforcement places its emphasis that are meant only for the benefit of the “justice” system as means of financial support without having any bearing on public safety. Having to come to a complete stop when the way that is clear makes no sense Continue reading
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Law, justice, governance and the Millennial Reign: Useful and useless law.
In the movie “First Knight “,” King Arthur says to his rival, “There are laws that oppress men and there are laws that set men free.” It’s a good line and its truth is obvious from even casual observance. The Apostle Paul wrote in Romans 13:3-4,”For rulers hold no terror for those who do right, Continue reading
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Law, justice, governance and the Millennial Reign: Law, self governance and the power of righteousness.
As I mentioned in the last post, the Constitution of the United States doesn’t tell the public what it can and can’t do, but what the government can’t do to us. The Constitution then delegates responsibilities to each branch how they may use the power’s inherent in those responsibilities. One might ask “why invoke traffic Continue reading
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Law, justice, governance and the Millennial Reign: The relationship between law and justice.
My daily reading in Scripture took me to Mark 12 today where Jesus was asked what are the greatest commandments of the law. “The most important one,” answered Jesus, “is this: ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your Continue reading
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