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I used to be a Calvinist. In truth I still am. I believe in what the Calvinists call 'sovereignty' but what the Catechism calls 'providence'. The Catechism's teaching on providence satisfied me as a Calvinist that Catholicism was as fully Calvinist as I was and still am. What makes the...

Not only that, but you have invoked self-evidence, which is what the American founders invoked in their declaration that we are all endowed with universal and absolute rights. But you don't need an extrapolation if you just accept the individual rights themselves as existing. Taking...

The United States Constitution has no such requirement.

Perhaps it would help to know that in Latin the word for rights and the word for laws is the same word. In English we distinguish 'rights' and 'laws' with their own words, but the ancient Romans did not. So when, in Greek, someone refers to Roman laws, they had to provide context to show that...

I don't think so but, let's see. Of course. Yes again. Recall that I am at geology level zero for starters. I have exposed myself to a lot of stuff since this OP was written. I'd put myself at a level 0.1 or maybe 0.25 by now (a sophomore geology major would be like a level 1.00). Still...

OK I was just trying to help.

As far as I can tell, you're saying "not guilty" is legalese that only technically belongs at the end of a court trial. Further, you're meaning that because there isn't sufficient evidence to indict, therefore there would be no trial, indictment being prerequisite to a court trial. Therefore...

Rights either exist or they don't. That was the point. If rights exist it doesn't matter whether God or man said it. The rights exist either way. If we believe they exist because God " put [them] in [our] inward parts, and [wrote them] in [our] hearts" then OK, but people don't have to...

Do you know what anecdotal evidence is and why it does not substantiate arguments? Learn what anecdotal evidence is and why it does not substantiate arguments.

We know it's all electioneering because we know the Legislature has the absolute power to impeach any Supreme Court justice. They're not doing that, therefore this is electioneering, there's no other option. If they did impeach that obviously doesn't rule out that it's electioneering (witness...

No, it's the other way around. Moral social contracts are contingent on their recognition of rights, which are prepolitical. Knowing is half the battle. Your government to be a moral regime depends upon it first recognizing your rights, which act as trumps against not only your government but...

Who cares? What's the difference? I mean, in this thread, what's the difference?

They're endowed by our Creator.

I don't think so.

lol no "cherry picking" is an expression, like "shooting yourself in the foot". :D

Yeah it's kind of like titling the thread "Is [it] wrong to 'shoot yourself in the foot'? yes or no" Typical oatmeal tbh.

300 LBS 1. 5, 0 rnr 2. 2, 1 rnr (I'm pretty sure I could not have done a 4th rep without form failure) I extremely focused on loading the weight into my upper back and the back of my shoulders, even more than normal. There was like no tension on my lower back, it was all on my upper body. So...

There's only one world government that I would support right now and it is the United States Constitution's regime.

So he doesn't take the Bible literally, at its word, you mean. Plain.

I don't need to study into what you said, I used to live your mental life, every day for a decade. You're in your Mom's basement, in your mind. Get out and live. You're wasting talents. Help get good things done around here. Further America, further Christ, further morals, further straight...