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“If the content of natural law is inherent in man’s nature, and the means of knowing it is inherent man’s natural power of reasoning, then why is God so fundamental to natural law theory?”

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A silly idea is making the rounds that so-called gay marriage should be embraced by conservatives because “marriage is a conservative principle.”  By this reasoning, conservatives should embrace incestuous “marriages,” coerced “marriages,” and “marriages” with children too.

Monday – Student letter day!

Question:

Secular humanists deny God, holding that nothing is greater than human beings.  However, do they think that some humans are greater than others?

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Last month I wrote about my conversation with a federal judge who told about the many defendants in his court who weep when they hear the pre-sentence report.  Subsequently I asked him for details, and here is his reply.

For some years I have been building a case about moral knowledge, moral denial, and the revenge of conscience.  In this new series, I will simply and concisely put all the pieces of the argument in one place.  It will run only on Thursdays, with posts on other topics several other times a week.  This is all copyrighted, of course.

Why was former President George W. Bush so resolute in assembling a coalition and a massive accumulation of force to achieve regime change during the Second Iraq War – but so irresolute (though not so irresolute as his successor) in stabilizing the country afterward?

Many a louse parades his exquisite capacity for compassion, and I have taken my turn among the louses.  So you will understand that I am not boasting of my virtue when I remark that ever since coming of age I have been acutely uneasy about social wrongs.

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