#Reformed #Christian #grownostr
>5. As there is no sin so small, but it deserves damnation; so there is no sin so great, that it can bring damnation upon those who truly repent.
WCF 15 [Of Repentance unto Life](https://opc.org/wcf.html#Chapter_15)
#Reformed #Christian #grownostr
Most people, following Strauss, believe our current political system and civil liberties were derived only from Enlightenment principles. Christians who rightly reject some Enlightenment presuppositions then wrongly go on to reject their conclusions.
The most important political principles of our (de jure) federal government, and the civil liberties that government is prohibited from infringing upon, were established long before the Enlightenment in the long history of Western Civilization from Greece and Rome, through England, and especially by the Calvinists of the 16th and 17th centuries.
One of the most important reasons why governments must be limited is the Calvinist teaching regarding total depravity. Lord Acton put it famously like this: "Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely." It is precisely because all men are fallen, that all men must be prevented from establishing a tyranny.
What the Enlightenment did was reject the doctrine of total depravity, but they wanted to keep the logical consequences of it in the political sphere that we gained from the Calvinists. In the words of Johnny Cash: "they say the want the kingdom, but the they don't want God in it." But given the presuppositions of Enlightenment philosophy, where is the danger? Why must "Power" be limited, distributed, enumerated?
The proper ground of our political philosophy and our civil liberties is the moral law of God as known and knowable via natural revelation / natural law and conscience. We all know what the 'other guy' is supposed to do, even if we let ourselves off the hook when we do the same things. But knowing how people 'ought' to behave, and having fair means of correcting deviations, is enough to run a just--if not peaceful--society.
My 2 sats.
#liberty
Ignorance is a killer.
Was Orwell right?
WE DECIDE.
#resist
With all due respect (and I mean that), going to war does not make someone an expert on civil liberties or political philosophy. The U.S. 2nd Amendment is based on natural law, which does not "change with the times." And--as Lewis said--"we know which way the times move--they move away."
#NaturalLaw #2A
"I have read Solzhenitsyn. Haven't you?"
"You're too serious. What's the big deal? Why is liberty so important to you, anyway?"
🙃
>Regardless of their doom
>the little victims play
#liberty #vigilance
I wouldn't say it's "pride" so much as love of liberty.
In #bitcoin we try to avoid KYC for how it could be used in the future. I'm just thinking about the parallel concern with comms, and (literally) what the consequences would be.
...when I pay my kid for yardwork help without nOtIfYiNg tHe IRS, obvsly 🤡
Connor Boyack, [Lessons from a Lemonade Stand](https://amzn.to/3sMDEJT)
I appreciate this perspective. I'm thinking that as States crack down on ISPs, alternative means of communicating (voice and data [nostr and bitcoin txns in particular]) may become vital for freedom...
It looks to me like their overall capacity actually went up in the past few days. Maybe I'm wrong.
...but if this was a super significant event, wouldn't you think more channels would close and overall capacity would've dropped more than that? Honest Q
[How to create your own VPN with Tailscale to get around stupid free WiFi network rules and protect your traffic](https://a.wholelottanothing.org/2022/11/07/how-to-create-your-own-vpn-with-tailscale-to-get-around-stupid-free-wifi-network-rules-and-protect-your-traffic/)
#Reformed #Christian #bookstr
Study
Yardwork
Fun with kids
Church/Worship
Rest
You?
#asknostr #bitcoin #lightning
What happened to the Lightning Network at the end of July 2023?
