tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497976668779098685.post2445691890573999095..comments2023-03-27T05:01:58.605-07:00Comments on dot5baked: CreedsJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01982038002277137911noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497976668779098685.post-74102956733908139492008-06-26T10:24:00.000-07:002008-06-26T10:24:00.000-07:00Here's a related article by John Beck.If we go by ...Here's a related article by <A HREF="http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/06/25/beck.conservatives/index.html?iref=mpstoryview" REL="nofollow">John Beck</A>.<BR/><BR/>If we go by his definition, I'm about 95% conservative.Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16784393723442011701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497976668779098685.post-44164682987618992452008-06-26T10:22:00.000-07:002008-06-26T10:22:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16784393723442011701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497976668779098685.post-62126532772514041722008-06-12T06:15:00.000-07:002008-06-12T06:15:00.000-07:00I do think government has a role to play in protec...I do think government has a role to play in protecting and expanding freedom, both personal and economic. The New Deal policies of FDR and Truman helped to decrease the gap between rich and poor and helped create the huge middle class of the 1950s and 60s and gave rise to what we now call the American Dream. New Deal policies also brought more people into the political process, where they could exercise their freedom to vote. The Voting Rights Acts of 1965 finally gave blacks the political, and by extension economic, freedom they had been denied for over 200 years. So I do think government has a role to play in helping foster freedom, but certainly there is a danger of the government grabbing too much power, keeping it centralized, secretive, and suppressing dissent, and thereby thwarting democracy and freedom (i.e China). For me, freedom is about participation, and anything that limits participation should be changed and anything that increases participation should be upheld. <BR/><BR/>Your little brother, ThomasAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497976668779098685.post-70441664791036996202008-01-11T20:23:00.000-08:002008-01-11T20:23:00.000-08:00Makes me wonder what the purpose of a "statement" ...Makes me wonder what the purpose of a "statement" is as it relates to faith. I think it depends on what "faith" is to the one making the statement. If it's a collection of propositional statements, well then, the Nicene creed will do nicely, thank you.<BR/><BR/>But if a statement of faith is supposed to sum up one's outlook on life, then the Nicene creed doesn't do it. If a statement of faith is supposed to outline one's views on particular aspects of life and the reasoning behind one's actions, then we better get on to something more like Freidman.Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16784393723442011701noreply@blogger.com