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Nearly all assumption fits into two categories. We either assume that other people do things the same way we do or we assume other people will do things differently. Both make the bigger assumption about ourselves.

If we do things how everyone does them, then we are just like everyone else.

If we think others do things worse than we do them, we think of ourselves as superior. Pride goeth before the fall.

If we think others will always have better results than we do, we’ve made our own glass ceiling.

It’s generally best not to assume anything at all.  · · · →

In the world discussion on sexuality, non-traditional positions presume two quests for self-identity are impossible: 1. self-control and 2. buried treasure. But, it is possible to control ourselves.

Humans only “require” breathing, drinking, eating, sleeping, and hoping for love. Love is not restricted to any particular expression. But, love is vast and always requires sacrifice and self-control.

God knows our hopes such that He hid treasures and talents within us. Our inmost talents are softly concealed; we find them the more we find ourselves. God, the Great Gentleman, created ourselves to become knowable by ourselves. Of course he would, gentlemen have self-control.  · · · →

Capitalism was the Pilgrims’ first discovery. Having only a few hundred people, there was no economic powerhouse to delay a failing policy’s consequences. For them, surviving required prospering. But, embracing prosperity wasn’t their challenge.

As “Saints” among non-Bible-thumping “Strangers”, as they were both called, the Pilgrims had to learn work. God wouldn’t just make food spring up out of the ground, not since Eden. Perhaps they missed that lesson from Genesis.

Coming from Feudalism’s tyranny, economically speaking, the Pilgrims were children. Communism seemed good to them. But, the lesson of Capitalism is simple: We can share, but only after prospering.  · · · →

“Jesus is a Conservative,” so they say. Or, perhaps he’s a Liberal, all depending on whom you ask. But, no one would say Her Majesty the Queen is a Whig.

If the “Social Justice Warrior” trend is to say that Jesus doesn’t fit our worldview boxes, why doesn’t it occur to the SJWs that Jesus doesn’t fit into their ever-changing boxes either?

Jesus is neither a Conservative nor a Liberal. He precluded politics. Jesus is a monarch, the only one worthy.

Maybe the cause of social justice itself is an attempt to get justice without the truly worthy king’s help.  · · · →