tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-487612193689998789.post3098393818016862077..comments2023-10-05T13:50:23.844+03:00Comments on Politeia: What's Next for the Ummah? Freedom or Socialism?Kassandra Troyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08807916829602751413noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-487612193689998789.post-84005991817277368082011-03-10T12:57:38.745+02:002011-03-10T12:57:38.745+02:00Thanks, James. Stands to reason: the crux of moral...Thanks, James. Stands to reason: the crux of morality is free will. What's hard to get about it?Kassandra Troyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08807916829602751413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-487612193689998789.post-80508043196151108612011-03-10T12:29:06.537+02:002011-03-10T12:29:06.537+02:00Some even say wits do not exist at all, and that h...Some even say wits do not exist at all, and that humans live by instinct, or by synapses and secretions, or that they are steered by God, or by a fate determined in some parallel universe.<br /><br />The very nub of the matter is that in Christianity, [John 3:16], the only way in is to make a rational and conscious decision to believe. This presupposes a rational mind.<br /><br />The whole Sermon on the Mount thing was an attempt to persuade. Persuade. Recognizing that a person has the ability to say no.<br /><br />Real Christianity, from its source, has never been about coercion - that is the spin put on it by its hijackers, in the upper echelons - for highly politicized reasons.James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.com