American Clarity Essays political, philosophical, and theological from an American romantic.

28. September 2012

Jesus as carpenter: a short treatise on profits

Filed under: economy,natural law and rights — admin @ 12:57

Though in modern times profits are oftentimes assailed as greedy, there stands above all a single example, which, though not attempting to deliver in treatise, or enlighten by lecture, imparts a defense of profit without any sort of controversy.  In this case, I speak of Jesus’ own occupation as a carpenter. (more…)

The question of an egomaniacal Heavenly Father

Filed under: philosophy,Theology — admin @ 12:01

While talking to my father only a short while ago, we stumbled upon a controversial question of great importance: that being whether or not it’s egomaniacal for God to demand that others worship Him.  It seemed strange, at first, that He would embody a characteristic usually recognized as abusive, bizarre, and oftentimes difficult to explain to those outside the faith.  But I believe these difficulties can be resolved, first, upon further inspection of man’s fall, and second, upon careful examination of what it means to be finite. (more…)

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