when you hear any judgment Bill Barr offers, remember that he has publicly declared his belief that “militant secularists” in the media, higher education, entertainment and popular culture seek the “organized destruction” of “God’s eternal law” in the US wsj.com/articles/barr-…
“secularists dismiss this idea of morality as other-worldly superstition imposed by a kill-joy clergy. In fact, Judeo-Christian moral standards are the ultimate utilitarian rules for human conduct.
They reflect rules that are best for man, not in the by and by, but here and now”
They reflect rules that are best for man, not in the by and by, but here and now”
“They are like God’s instruction manual for the best running of man and human society.
violations of these moral laws have bad, real-world consequences for man and society. We may not pay the price immediately, but over time harm is real. Religion helps promote moral discipline”
violations of these moral laws have bad, real-world consequences for man and society. We may not pay the price immediately, but over time harm is real. Religion helps promote moral discipline”
The Founding generation were Christians. They believed that the Judeo-Christian moral system corresponds to the true nature of man.”
to illustrate the secularist preference for the “coercive state,” Barr lamented his visit to an unfamiliar Catholic church in DC
“The Social Justice Committee chairman pointed to the growing homeless problem, explaining that more mobile soup kitchens were needed to feed them.”
“The Social Justice Committee chairman pointed to the growing homeless problem, explaining that more mobile soup kitchens were needed to feed them.”
“This being a Catholic church, I expected him to call for volunteers to go out and provide this need.
“Instead, he recounted all the visits that the Committee had made to the D.C. government to lobby for higher taxes and more spending to fund mobile soup kitchen.”
“Instead, he recounted all the visits that the Committee had made to the D.C. government to lobby for higher taxes and more spending to fund mobile soup kitchen.”
