tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post116372235543233733..comments2024-03-06T03:15:58.539-05:00Comments on <b>THE NEW REFORM CLUB</b>: A Neo-Con RepentsHunter Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14961831404331998743noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1164442846021238772006-11-25T03:20:00.000-05:002006-11-25T03:20:00.000-05:00Anyone know what McCain's political philosophy is ...Anyone know what McCain's political philosophy is <I>this</I> week?<BR/><BR/>Nicholas StixNicholashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12372393717833610657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1164041019712755492006-11-20T11:43:00.000-05:002006-11-20T11:43:00.000-05:00Jay, your analysis is based on a false premise. Mo...Jay, your analysis is based on a false premise. Motives are recognized as important, indeed essential, in the Bible. Note, for example, that God rejected the Israelites' sacrifices because they were not from the heart. There are numerous other examples throughout Scripture, and in the part to which you do not subscribe, motive is depicted as the central basis of morality. In addition, the example you cite does not imply that God rejects the value of motives (which would contradict the rest of Scripture); it simply reminds them that there were a variety of motives at play in the Israelites' position in Egypt.S. T. Karnickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05971214612730402709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1163994719503464282006-11-19T22:51:00.000-05:002006-11-19T22:51:00.000-05:00Smith does implicitly make the distinction between...Smith does implicitly make the distinction between the gratitude of the recipient and a third party (limo liberals?) giving credit to the benefactor.<BR/><BR/>Quite right, Jay, nobody likes an ingrate, God among them.Tom Van Dykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07121072404143877596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1163914609896503632006-11-19T00:36:00.000-05:002006-11-19T00:36:00.000-05:00It is perhaps extraneous to point out that the Bib...It is perhaps extraneous to point out that the Bible does not agree with Adam Smith. Our obligation of gratitude is founded in the fact of receipt, and imputing ulterior motives to the giver to relieve my burden of indebtedness is considered base behavior.<BR/><BR/>This point is made by citing the case of a kindness that we know without a doubt was tendered from self-interest, namely the Egyptians hosting the Jews in their land. "You should not abominate the Egyptian, for you were an outsider residing in his land." (Deuteronomy 23:8)Jay D. Homnickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14714671338316275833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1163792086155992962006-11-17T14:34:00.000-05:002006-11-17T14:34:00.000-05:00I think he's trying it on for size right now. Wha...I think he's trying it on for size right now. What's ironic is that RudyG seems to be getting a pass for far bigger departures from conservative orthodoxy. Politics seems to prefer the devil it doesn't know to the one it does.Tom Van Dykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07121072404143877596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1163728206428445562006-11-16T20:50:00.000-05:002006-11-16T20:50:00.000-05:00Tom,I wonder if Senator McCain believes in limited...Tom,<BR/><BR/>I wonder if Senator McCain believes in limited governement when it comes to campaign finance reform, whatever the heck that is? Or when he voted against GWB's tax cuts (although he's "seen the light" and voted to extend them)? We'll see what a lust for power will do to the good Senator when it comes to being a consistent, across the board conservative.Mike D'Virgiliohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03150525537509460056noreply@blogger.com