Gene Chapman, the Alliance Presidential candidate for whom I had been working as Intelligent Design Advisor, has withdrawn from the race. Unfortunately, he has deleted my blog as well. This site will thus now become my official home page. Here is my e-mail response I sent to him:
"In a message dated 3/29/2007 8:32:28 PM Eastern Standard Time, genechapman@hotmail.com writes:
I've carried the ball as far down field as I can. With 4 jobs and school starting in June, along with not having a truck to carry me to presidential debates, I see no way to continue the campaign.
Hi Gene!
Sorry to hear of your campaign's retirement. Keep up your courage though. The work is not really about who's President - it is too far away an office. In order to regain the Federal government, we will have to regain the county councils and city mayorships. Our Constitution Party here in Greenville is working right now on electing a wonderful candidate, Butch Taylor, in a Special Election May 8 for our County Council. Taylor has only one opponent, as there is no Demo(publican) in the race. :-) It's a great opportunity!
I wish you had given me prior notice of deleting my blog; while I have most of the really good articles saved at http://www.rjosiah.com/ (my Worldviews Revolution site), and have also printed out numerous articles and comments, I can never regain the vast majority of the comments or articles.
You may be interested to know that I had asked God, two days before you sent my Dad that e-mail in August '06 regarding me as Evolution Advisor, whether there were not something I could be doing which could have an impact somewhere. In essence I said, "What am I to do next?" I felt a response of simply, "Wait and see." So I was not quite surprised when my Dad handed me that e-mail. More like, awed.
Similarly, a week ago Tuesday, I asked God whether there were not something more I could be doing. As you may know, the visits to the AdvisorOnID site had plummeted, and the atheists who commented were becoming more and more irrational and the arguments were going in pure cycles. I furthermore felt that the AdvisorOnID site had accomplished the purpose for which God (and I believe you as well) wanted me to have it: to refine my views, define my key terms, and learn about blogs themselves. The answer I felt from God, even more strong than before (and nearly audible) was "Watch and see." So I was not quite surprised when I received this e-mail. More like, awed.
What I will do next (for now):
1. Finish the research paper for AiG
2. Work on the Taylor election bid
3. Launch the LibertyInLaw.com a.k.a. SC Liberty Alliance project in earnest
I am also going to try to recover the name "advisoronid.blogspot.com" for myself to use to re-direct what traffic I had to the more generalized Worldviews Revolution site.
I will be supporting Ron Paul for President.
Keep up the battle for Biblicism! Thanks for the great experience of blogging and campaigning for this wonderful cause of our supremely, actually "Intelligent" Creator. :-)
Your friend, R. Josiah Magnuson
http://www.libertyinlaw.com/"
Friday, March 30, 2007
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
LIL Update
I have been working today on a more official website for LibertyInLaw.com. It is coming along very well - the key now is to get it from the computer to online! :-) The look is a bright red with a parchment yellowish background. There is a large Statue of Liberty like that below in the bottom left corner of the new site design, looking upwards towards the "Law" in "Liberty In Law . com" at the top right.
A question under consideration is whether to adopt the title "South Carolina Liberty Alliance" for our work, or leave it at the less-official-sounding "LibertyInLaw.com." The SCLA idea comes from Cory Burnell of the Christian Exodus movement. It could help to gain the support of those in the Patriot, etc. community if we made this our name. However, we might also be expected to follow a pre-existing perspective on what such an organization should do and how it should be run. This state of affairs would not be desirable, since it would be in essence a handing-over of the very reference point which we as proponents of lawful government and pro-freedom-alliances will be attempting to provide.
Here is a summary of the LIL position taken from the website currently being constructed:
"We believe that liberty is not merely the ability to do what one chooses, but the fact that permanent, universal rights exist which allow one to have that ability protected.
"These rights or laws prevent the violation of liberty itself - e.g. the right to life is fundamental to the ability to choose, for one must be alive if one is to decide anything. And it is clear that the freedom of a murderous dictator is no freedom at all. As Constitutional Convention delegate James Wilson stated, "Without Liberty, Law loses its nature and name, and becomes oppression. Without Law, Liberty also loses its nature and name, and becomes licentiousness (anarchy)."
"A classic example of this concept is that of the stoplight. If all the cars at a given intersection tried to cross that intersection at once, none of them would get through. Instead, the stoplight exists as a collective standard to ensure that all the cars in fact cross the intersection and arrive at their respective destinations. Likewise, true liberty is inseparable from the Laws and absolutes given to us as a common standard by our Creator. "
-R. Josiah Magnuson
A question under consideration is whether to adopt the title "South Carolina Liberty Alliance" for our work, or leave it at the less-official-sounding "LibertyInLaw.com." The SCLA idea comes from Cory Burnell of the Christian Exodus movement. It could help to gain the support of those in the Patriot, etc. community if we made this our name. However, we might also be expected to follow a pre-existing perspective on what such an organization should do and how it should be run. This state of affairs would not be desirable, since it would be in essence a handing-over of the very reference point which we as proponents of lawful government and pro-freedom-alliances will be attempting to provide.
Here is a summary of the LIL position taken from the website currently being constructed:
"We believe that liberty is not merely the ability to do what one chooses, but the fact that permanent, universal rights exist which allow one to have that ability protected.
"These rights or laws prevent the violation of liberty itself - e.g. the right to life is fundamental to the ability to choose, for one must be alive if one is to decide anything. And it is clear that the freedom of a murderous dictator is no freedom at all. As Constitutional Convention delegate James Wilson stated, "Without Liberty, Law loses its nature and name, and becomes oppression. Without Law, Liberty also loses its nature and name, and becomes licentiousness (anarchy)."
"A classic example of this concept is that of the stoplight. If all the cars at a given intersection tried to cross that intersection at once, none of them would get through. Instead, the stoplight exists as a collective standard to ensure that all the cars in fact cross the intersection and arrive at their respective destinations. Likewise, true liberty is inseparable from the Laws and absolutes given to us as a common standard by our Creator. "
-R. Josiah Magnuson
Friday, March 23, 2007
Taylor candidacy
An article Mark Hackett requested I write for the Times Examiner newspaper:
Robert "Butch" Taylor was nominated Thursday at the Taylors Branch Library as the Constitution Party candidate for the District 20 County Council seat left vacant by Scott Case.
After being called to order and led in the anthem "My County 'Tis of Thee" by Chairman Mark Hackett, the group was addressed by Gene Papki, a community activist. Papki introduced Taylor as "a bowman, a watchman, and a man who will make up the hedge" noting that "We aren't here today to fill a vacancy. We're here to fill a void."
Taylor stated that he would "make one pledge, and one pledge only: I will strive to be worthy of your trust." He added that officials are elected to serve the people, not special interests. "Of course, we mostly serve God. In office, we do that through setting an example and being a Godly person," Taylor said. Taylor summarized his campaign as one for less taxes and more honest government. He was subsequently nominated by a unanimous vote.
Anderson Councilman Ron Wilson and Constitution Party State Chairman Ted Adams also discussed election strategy, calling for an energetic campaign. "If we can't win this one, we should quit - and I mean it" stated Adams. The Taylor campaign will be holding weekly meetings beginning Thursday, April 5 at The Scriptorium, 3501 Rutherford Rd. Ext. at 6:30 PM.
Taylor faces Republican Sid Cates in a special election May 8.
By R. Josiah Magnuson
Robert "Butch" Taylor was nominated Thursday at the Taylors Branch Library as the Constitution Party candidate for the District 20 County Council seat left vacant by Scott Case.
After being called to order and led in the anthem "My County 'Tis of Thee" by Chairman Mark Hackett, the group was addressed by Gene Papki, a community activist. Papki introduced Taylor as "a bowman, a watchman, and a man who will make up the hedge" noting that "We aren't here today to fill a vacancy. We're here to fill a void."
Taylor stated that he would "make one pledge, and one pledge only: I will strive to be worthy of your trust." He added that officials are elected to serve the people, not special interests. "Of course, we mostly serve God. In office, we do that through setting an example and being a Godly person," Taylor said. Taylor summarized his campaign as one for less taxes and more honest government. He was subsequently nominated by a unanimous vote.
Anderson Councilman Ron Wilson and Constitution Party State Chairman Ted Adams also discussed election strategy, calling for an energetic campaign. "If we can't win this one, we should quit - and I mean it" stated Adams. The Taylor campaign will be holding weekly meetings beginning Thursday, April 5 at The Scriptorium, 3501 Rutherford Rd. Ext. at 6:30 PM.
Taylor faces Republican Sid Cates in a special election May 8.
By R. Josiah Magnuson
"Evolutionary Worldview" Defined
The Evolutionary worldview, summarily defined:
Generally, the belief (whether in theory or practice) that everything existing or having existed has a naturalistic origin; i.e. an origin apart from any divine or otherwise hyper-dimensional creative activity. Specifically, the origins model based around the Darwinian biological system of random mutations selected according to benefit.
It should be noted that a refusal to accept this belief system is not a denial of science or logic; since science in the pure sense does not regard origins or pre-history, and logic has different outcomes depending on what one's axioms are at the outset. The idea of naturalistic or self-containing existence for the universe is such an axiom.
-R. Josiah Magnuson
Generally, the belief (whether in theory or practice) that everything existing or having existed has a naturalistic origin; i.e. an origin apart from any divine or otherwise hyper-dimensional creative activity. Specifically, the origins model based around the Darwinian biological system of random mutations selected according to benefit.
It should be noted that a refusal to accept this belief system is not a denial of science or logic; since science in the pure sense does not regard origins or pre-history, and logic has different outcomes depending on what one's axioms are at the outset. The idea of naturalistic or self-containing existence for the universe is such an axiom.
-R. Josiah Magnuson
On the Law of Nature
How can we know fundamentally that gods such as Allah who command their followers to physically conquer the world, or Aztec or Hindu gods who often demand human sacrifice, are false? The reason is that such demands are against what some have called the "Law of Nature." The Law of Nature is interpreted various ways, but its' major tenets are forever imbedded in the soul of human beings.
The Law of Nature may be summed up as, "Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed, for in the image of God made He man" (Gen. 9:6). The Law of Nature is the idea of justice. God has placed in all of us an inner recognition of rights and morals. Religions which contradict these rights and morals are squandering the human conscience. Members of these religions are kept in them by psychological terror.
While various cultures have suppressed and attacked the concept of the Law of Nature, it still remains embedded in human thinking. No matter where one goes, the concept will reassert itself occasionally and there will be an attempt at, or at least a wish for, social reform.
Indeed, as C. S. Lewis argued, the very fact that quarrels can occur is evidence for some underlying sense of justice or morality.Of course, groups proclaiming peace between all religions, Universal Oneness, etc. (such as Ba'hai and some forms of Buddhism and New Age-ism) are false for the same reason. If some religions are false, then not all religions are true.
The Christian religion as expressed through the Bible is the only one which can satisfy all the needs of the human soul, including the "Law of Nature" craving for true justice and absolute rights.
-R. Josiah Magnuson
The Law of Nature may be summed up as, "Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed, for in the image of God made He man" (Gen. 9:6). The Law of Nature is the idea of justice. God has placed in all of us an inner recognition of rights and morals. Religions which contradict these rights and morals are squandering the human conscience. Members of these religions are kept in them by psychological terror.
While various cultures have suppressed and attacked the concept of the Law of Nature, it still remains embedded in human thinking. No matter where one goes, the concept will reassert itself occasionally and there will be an attempt at, or at least a wish for, social reform.
Indeed, as C. S. Lewis argued, the very fact that quarrels can occur is evidence for some underlying sense of justice or morality.Of course, groups proclaiming peace between all religions, Universal Oneness, etc. (such as Ba'hai and some forms of Buddhism and New Age-ism) are false for the same reason. If some religions are false, then not all religions are true.
The Christian religion as expressed through the Bible is the only one which can satisfy all the needs of the human soul, including the "Law of Nature" craving for true justice and absolute rights.
-R. Josiah Magnuson
The Three Big Problems
If we were to reduce the political science or civic objections to Evolutionary theory down to three points, they would be these:
1. Nature of government: Evolutionism includes no absolute morality or standard for laws. Right and wrong are variously determined by either what is socially acceptable, what is said to be right or wrong by a leading official, or what is most advantageous to the community. Thus, under such a philosophy, there are no unalienable rights which can limit governmental power over individuals.
2. Method of government: Since there are no unalienable rights under Evolutionism, there is no reason to limit government, and so no reason for checks and balances or wisdom in governmental officials. Countries adopting the Evolutionary worldview have thus become unlimited democracies, and in many cases, dictatorships. Never have they become constitutional representative republics such as the United States was designed to be.
3. Purpose of government: The traditional purpose for government, and that stated in the Bible in Romans 13, is for physical protection. The purpose under Evolutionary philosophy is one of two things: 1. To dominate and/or subdue a cultural heirarchy of "fit" and "less-fit." 2. To implement the desires of the Majority. The first purpose is the most historically famous, creating dictatorial regimes such as Hitler's. The second is less famous, but perhaps much more common. This purpose, too, often immediatly creates dictatorial regimes, such as Lenin's or Mao's. However, it often accomplishes its' logical end more sinisterly, slowly molding a grand socialist State through welfare programs, "common markets," and erosion of traditional values.
Battling the anti-American and anti-Christian forces is not easy. We must do it through the power of our Creator, since, after all, it is Him they are fundamentally attacking. Understanding this fact can enable us to rally to the cry of David, "Who is this Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?" (1 Samuel 17:26)
-R. Josiah Magnuson
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1. Nature of government: Evolutionism includes no absolute morality or standard for laws. Right and wrong are variously determined by either what is socially acceptable, what is said to be right or wrong by a leading official, or what is most advantageous to the community. Thus, under such a philosophy, there are no unalienable rights which can limit governmental power over individuals.
2. Method of government: Since there are no unalienable rights under Evolutionism, there is no reason to limit government, and so no reason for checks and balances or wisdom in governmental officials. Countries adopting the Evolutionary worldview have thus become unlimited democracies, and in many cases, dictatorships. Never have they become constitutional representative republics such as the United States was designed to be.
3. Purpose of government: The traditional purpose for government, and that stated in the Bible in Romans 13, is for physical protection. The purpose under Evolutionary philosophy is one of two things: 1. To dominate and/or subdue a cultural heirarchy of "fit" and "less-fit." 2. To implement the desires of the Majority. The first purpose is the most historically famous, creating dictatorial regimes such as Hitler's. The second is less famous, but perhaps much more common. This purpose, too, often immediatly creates dictatorial regimes, such as Lenin's or Mao's. However, it often accomplishes its' logical end more sinisterly, slowly molding a grand socialist State through welfare programs, "common markets," and erosion of traditional values.
Battling the anti-American and anti-Christian forces is not easy. We must do it through the power of our Creator, since, after all, it is Him they are fundamentally attacking. Understanding this fact can enable us to rally to the cry of David, "Who is this Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?" (1 Samuel 17:26)
-R. Josiah Magnuson
You may also view this post. Or, for a more artistic-styled articulation, see here.
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