so one way to view the result if conservatives act likewise is the 'race to the bottom', but isn't that the secular view?
another way to think of it, credit to Jeff Childers, author of coffee and covid, is that only dumb/morally corrupt people would bring these kinds of suits, as people thinking clearly would know either the law wasn't ma…
so one way to view the result if conservatives act likewise is the 'race to the bottom', but isn't that the secular view?
another way to think of it, credit to Jeff Childers, author of coffee and covid, is that only dumb/morally corrupt people would bring these kinds of suits, as people thinking clearly would know either the law wasn't made for the purported crime (as in Ga and in the NY over-valuation case) or that it was such common sense not to even go there (or more critically, it would break with the forever views/tradition of the US political system or constitution), leaving only these bankrupt/dumb folks to proceed, and then we have the Ga instance where those people's prior dumb things are brought to light, and then maybe that cycle reveals what happens when dumb people try bringing these cases and it deters others -- that maybe holds some street/base logic.
and then there's maybe the scripture view, which I've been pondering in a different context -- namely, when is it ever OK to knowingly violate a commandment? like, 'do not steal,' if I'm stealing only to feed my starving family?
is this permitted, would God understand?
I submit no -- that he expects us to obey in all instances, and that in pushing our faith to those limits it allows us to see Him work in our lives; and only if we do that will we see it come to fruition -- what is that passage from OT where the prophet meets the mother at the gate, during the famine, and he asks her to make him some food, and she replies the food is all she has for her and her dying son, they were going to eat their last meal before dying; the prophet convinces her to make him a meal with those last portions, and God reveals His grace (their faith is rewarded) with lasting food -- over and over this is revealed where we trust in Him; even Jesus in the garden just prior to being betrayed with was asking the cup to be taken, if it was His will, only -- and yet Jesus endured in His obedience to God and was clearly rewarded for His faith in God's will
so here, let's play by God's rules -- He will provide -- maybe not in our lifetimes or maybe so, but not in our sphere of awareness, but still, we can run the race. Let's see what great things He provides.
so one way to view the result if conservatives act likewise is the 'race to the bottom', but isn't that the secular view?
another way to think of it, credit to Jeff Childers, author of coffee and covid, is that only dumb/morally corrupt people would bring these kinds of suits, as people thinking clearly would know either the law wasn't made for the purported crime (as in Ga and in the NY over-valuation case) or that it was such common sense not to even go there (or more critically, it would break with the forever views/tradition of the US political system or constitution), leaving only these bankrupt/dumb folks to proceed, and then we have the Ga instance where those people's prior dumb things are brought to light, and then maybe that cycle reveals what happens when dumb people try bringing these cases and it deters others -- that maybe holds some street/base logic.
and then there's maybe the scripture view, which I've been pondering in a different context -- namely, when is it ever OK to knowingly violate a commandment? like, 'do not steal,' if I'm stealing only to feed my starving family?
is this permitted, would God understand?
I submit no -- that he expects us to obey in all instances, and that in pushing our faith to those limits it allows us to see Him work in our lives; and only if we do that will we see it come to fruition -- what is that passage from OT where the prophet meets the mother at the gate, during the famine, and he asks her to make him some food, and she replies the food is all she has for her and her dying son, they were going to eat their last meal before dying; the prophet convinces her to make him a meal with those last portions, and God reveals His grace (their faith is rewarded) with lasting food -- over and over this is revealed where we trust in Him; even Jesus in the garden just prior to being betrayed with was asking the cup to be taken, if it was His will, only -- and yet Jesus endured in His obedience to God and was clearly rewarded for His faith in God's will
so here, let's play by God's rules -- He will provide -- maybe not in our lifetimes or maybe so, but not in our sphere of awareness, but still, we can run the race. Let's see what great things He provides.
and you sir are doing your part, keep at it!