tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post1459782934433421960..comments2024-03-27T03:19:11.216-04:00Comments on Assistant Village Idiot: Bride of ChristAssistant Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-14091920101252683812010-08-03T22:09:16.225-04:002010-08-03T22:09:16.225-04:00Texan, your comment puts me in mind of the remark ...Texan, your comment puts me in mind of the remark I recently heard from PJ O'Rourke: "I generally vote with the Republicans because they have fewer ideas. But not few enough."Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-16861675263208022342010-08-03T13:00:21.220-04:002010-08-03T13:00:21.220-04:00I've never voted for anyone in the hope or exp...I've never voted for anyone in the hope or expectation that he would institute policy that favors any Christian doctrine, unless it also happened to be a doctrine that appealed to a lot of people on broadly secular grounds. Partly, I didn't hope for such a thing because I thought it unlikely. But also, I didn't expect such a thing because I don't even want it.<br /><br />I'm not a moral relativist. I don't think it's possible to develop laws for a just society without reference to supernatural standards of good and evil. As a Christian, I naturally think Christ is the right supernatural standard. Nevertheless, I've found that any set of laws that's based on an avowed or unavowed supernatural standard that's reasonably close to traditional Judeo-Christian mores works well enough that I can vote to support it, for purely worldly purposes.<br /><br />Earlier in my life I reflexively voted Democratic. When I began to think things through carefully, I landed in the conservative camp, both because I prefer limited government and because conservatives, on the whole, make fewer foolish attempts to eliminate the concept of God and tradition from the frameworks that are supposed to undergird their policies. But I've never supported conservatives because I thought they would or should impose a Christian faith or practice on the populace.Texan99https://www.blogger.com/profile/10479561573903660086noreply@blogger.com