tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22301740.post6367265921326464320..comments2024-03-26T09:49:07.212-07:00Comments on The Scratching Post: Go East, Young Man?K T Cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10259428595745509790noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22301740.post-81454248523165830962020-12-31T06:52:28.827-08:002020-12-31T06:52:28.827-08:00Like most western/southern states, California is g...Like most western/southern states, California is growing in population, not shrinking.<br /><br /><i>If we ditch Western Civilization, will slavery make a comeback?</i><br /><br />I don't take seriously anyone who proposes ditching Western civilization. I'm not aware of any significant person who wants to.<br /><br /><i>Without the Christian foundation of the West, what is the moral first principal arguing against slavery.</i><br /><br />Historically, there is a very good argument that the teachings of Paul are responsible for the egalitarian notions that led to the creation of modern notions of the equality of all people. That said, all you need to maintain them is cultural inertia. In order to lose these notions, some world view would have to come along to replace them, one with more appeal than the notion that all people are equal. In a society as as much wealth inequality as ours has, I don't know what that would be.One Browhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11938816242512563561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22301740.post-33137033054514139372020-12-30T19:50:11.712-08:002020-12-30T19:50:11.712-08:00I forwarded this post to several friends, one in p...I forwarded this post to several friends, one in particular who is a Green and ditched the Church some years ago. They don't understand what they're doing.ligneushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00906867668009351290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22301740.post-39730391138798553302020-12-30T14:06:30.281-08:002020-12-30T14:06:30.281-08:00You know Costco sells their foot-long hot dogs wit...You know Costco sells their foot-long hot dogs with regular hot dogs now. A cheese-stuffed, bacon-wrapped foot-long sounds like a pleasurable death sentence...Tomnoreply@blogger.com