N-Syte:
The local economies need the bases. Why should foreign cities be part of our welfare state?
The biggest example is Israel. Of course they don't want us to stop supporting them, but in the process we basically take their sovereignty.
I really don't think the rest of the world is made up of savages who will kill each other if we remove our guns.
BTW, I'm not some big Wolf slurper, I just think it's an interesting piece, if sometimes a stretch.
Final Fan
Churches eclipsing the state does not mean they get to dictate their will to the people. Teaching morality and civility does not mean enforcing them like laws, like a state might. And the power should be derived from free-will offerings, not taxes, meaning it is really the people's power.
What ever happened to "God, Family and Country"? That was supposed to be the order of importance, AFAIC.
History does show us that Socialism and Atheism many times go hand-in-hand. And I do see a movement to make religion private, instead of simply personal, which even the far left evangelicals like Jim Wallis talk about. There's nothing wrong with religion being public.
I'll find some more context for the (interesting) Paul and Jefferson quotes you contrasted there.
I've really enjoyed this conversation, but I think it's time to call it quits. I can only do so much of this at a time, and it's getting late.
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