What follows may seem unconventional for a Political Fray, but I believe it is entirely conventional, as well as reasonable.
There are two types of rights. In a democracy the rights of the whole as expressed in fair elections is determinate. In a Constitutional Republic the rights of the minority is protected, i.e., individual rights; of which the right to vote in determining one's government, is operative. It is obvious there can be no individual welfare without a general welfare; and how can there be general welfare is there is no individual effort in establishing one's personal welfare. Welfare is both a function of the government and the individual?there is no way of establishing a responsible government, if all those who vote for it have no idea what responsibility is.
The right of the people to a form of self-government, which works to establishing and promoting the general welfare, in no way conflicts with the idea of individual rights and liberty, which is the basis for a responsible citizenry. One's unlimited ownership of property also in no way guaranties one's acting responsibly towards any other person or the generality of people. In the absence of the Christian religion, which elevates the ?other? person and one's responsibility toward him, there is no way of promoting a general obligation in the individual towards others. As a result liberty is impossible without a belief in God. If one assumes nature can guarantee this, one is mistaken; simply because nature is neither immutable, or particularly fond of people.
It cannot be denied that our founders had a profound belief in a Creator, who was ?OUR? Creator.
Which simply means God was under no obligation to create man. It was an act of His sovereign will. Man according to the Christian Bible and the Jewish Torah, God made, in ?his own? image; therefore each of us as individuals have an image of His sovereignty.
In relation to a government we surrender a portion of this sovereignty in an attempt to secure a general benefit, which as individuals we would be unable to secure. However, this is not a permanent but a conditional surrender. If the government violates the conditions, agreed on in the surrender, then the government annuls the contract; and as a contract has to be entered into through voluntary consent of both parties; one sides lack of faith frees the other from the contracts constraints.
Rights are given neither by nature or men, but from an eternal and infinite God, whose eternal Word is today, yesterday and forever. Otherwise, it is no more permanent than whatever made the promise of a right; either man or nature, because either is malleable and subject to manipulation and change.
If it must be known, I'm not a Libertarian, I'm a Conservative in the spirit of our Constitution.
There are two types of rights. In a democracy the rights of the whole as expressed in fair elections is determinate. In a Constitutional Republic the rights of the minority is protected, i.e., individual rights; of which the right to vote in determining one's government, is operative. It is obvious there can be no individual welfare without a general welfare; and how can there be general welfare is there is no individual effort in establishing one's personal welfare. Welfare is both a function of the government and the individual?there is no way of establishing a responsible government, if all those who vote for it have no idea what responsibility is.
The right of the people to a form of self-government, which works to establishing and promoting the general welfare, in no way conflicts with the idea of individual rights and liberty, which is the basis for a responsible citizenry. One's unlimited ownership of property also in no way guaranties one's acting responsibly towards any other person or the generality of people. In the absence of the Christian religion, which elevates the ?other? person and one's responsibility toward him, there is no way of promoting a general obligation in the individual towards others. As a result liberty is impossible without a belief in God. If one assumes nature can guarantee this, one is mistaken; simply because nature is neither immutable, or particularly fond of people.
It cannot be denied that our founders had a profound belief in a Creator, who was ?OUR? Creator.
Which simply means God was under no obligation to create man. It was an act of His sovereign will. Man according to the Christian Bible and the Jewish Torah, God made, in ?his own? image; therefore each of us as individuals have an image of His sovereignty.
In relation to a government we surrender a portion of this sovereignty in an attempt to secure a general benefit, which as individuals we would be unable to secure. However, this is not a permanent but a conditional surrender. If the government violates the conditions, agreed on in the surrender, then the government annuls the contract; and as a contract has to be entered into through voluntary consent of both parties; one sides lack of faith frees the other from the contracts constraints.
Rights are given neither by nature or men, but from an eternal and infinite God, whose eternal Word is today, yesterday and forever. Otherwise, it is no more permanent than whatever made the promise of a right; either man or nature, because either is malleable and subject to manipulation and change.
If it must be known, I'm not a Libertarian, I'm a Conservative in the spirit of our Constitution.
