tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post2610800099815217170..comments2024-03-28T10:44:30.518-06:00Comments on American Creation: Richard Price's Religious LiberalismBrad Harthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17669677047039491864noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post-57582654993227086892008-07-05T08:30:00.000-06:002008-07-05T08:30:00.000-06:00“Christianity teaches us that there is none good b...“<I>Christianity teaches us that there is none good but one, that is, God, that he willeth all men to be saved, and <B>will punish nothing but wickedness</B>, that he desires mercy and not sacrifice (benevolence rather than rituals), that loving him with all our hearts, and loving our neighbour as ourselves, is the whole of our duty, and that in every nation he that feareth him and worketh righteousness is accepted of him.</I>”<BR/>.<BR/>When persons in powerful positions operate with impunity--all the while--in a society in which the above message is sent out by the predominate religion, the common people are left powerless to think they have any right to intervene in the affairs of government. In simple terms, they are led to the slaughter thinking God will take care of the wrong doers in the hereafter and that what is being done works together as God's plan for the ages. This is the most often ignored result of the teaching involved in the above quote from your clips of what Price wrote.Phil Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06756814849309388483noreply@blogger.com