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Right, not arrogant

It is not arrogant to believe that there is truth.  It is not arrogant to believe in the truth.  It is not arrogant to boldly stand for the truth.  It is not arrogant to proclaim the truth.  In fact, believing in, standing for, and proclaiming the truth is the right thing to do.

To you the reader this might seem obvious and logical, but to postmodern culture this “feels” wrong, and these days emotion comes before logic.  The reason is that postmodern culture is a refurbished version of the ancient philosophy of skepticism that declares nothing can be known, there is no absolute truth, and anyone who says otherwise is arrogant.  Based on this philosophy the only noble thing you can do is stand for nothing and be tolerant of everything.  And if you actually dare desire to achieve intellectual knowledge, you must limit yourself to being a gnostic, that is, knowing the details of different belief systems, but standing for nothing.

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Ten Commandments – yep, I said it.

Food for thought:

Do the rules listed below sound bad to you? They sound good to me, but apparently there are leaders of our country who think these words should be banned from the public setting. I guess freedom of speech only applies to those who agree with their ideology.

Maybe you don’t believe in God, but don’t you think if we read and applied these words to some degree then maybe we wouldn’t have some of the trouble we have in our country like Murder, Rape, Theft, School Shootings, Corporate Plunder, Political Corruption, Suicide, Drug Addiction, Alcoholism, Sexual Immorality, broken homes, Racism, Fraud, Child Abuse, and even heath issues related to stress? Maybe, just maybe if we started with these rules, things would be a little better. And don’t we all want that?
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Doomed to Repeat History

This is a discussion posting I wrote for a Humanities course that I am taking. I decided to post it here for posterity.

I love what I like to call “mental morsels”. I am talking about those interesting little tidbits of information that you get when studying subjects like this where certain elements of cultural development and etymology are discussed. These kinds of thoughts that the mind can savor, are some of what makes history so important to me.
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Contrast and comparison of the cultural propagation of Ancient Rome and America

The goal of imperialism is to conquer and control. By contrast, the goal of democracy is to put the power and control of a nation in the hands of the electorate, that is, the people. America promotes the ideal of democracy around the world. America is not trying to conquer or rule the world. It is actually those who favor their own version of imperialism who are the ones who accuse America of it. This is irony on a global scale.By proud admission, the Ancient Romans were imperialists. They believed they had the ideal culture, and that it was their destiny to conquer and rule the world under their system. While America has certainly been accused of imperialism, the American way is truly different.

The truth be told, by promoting democracy, America is actually promoting anti-imperialism. Even when we go to war, we do not conquer or take land and resources, we give it back to the people of the country so that they can rule themselves. If America maintains any presence in a country, they pay rent. They do not try to make other countries part of America. That would go against the American ideal of democracy.
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