@HeiligeBibel 1/ More rested, this may take several posts. All civil laws are rooted in some moral value, whether acknowledged or not. Speed limits, for example, are rooted in a communitarian concern for the safety and lives of all people. @HeiligeBibel 2/ Even those claiming no religious or moral concerns will posit moral arguments for laws or proposed laws. This is true even when the laws or proposed laws are demonstrably immoral.

1/ I used to wonder why secular and “Church” preachers and pop stars get massive followings palming off the lie that the things of this world—like dominating or abusing others, sexual sins, material success, racism, infanticide, or self-help systems… 2/ …could make them whole, at peace, fulfilled, or forgiven, while people who tell us the truth have tiny followings on social media or play to audiences of 10, 20, 30. It isn’t always the quality of their communications or artistry that is to blame.