Just Democrat: Thoughts on Political Identity
January 24th, 2013 | by Adam Bennett
Thoughts on labels in society, and progressivism specifically
Browsing the "Commentary" Category
The Politics Of Loving Your Neighbor: A Commitment To People and Place
September 25th, 2012 | by Adam Bennett
Justice is what separates society from anarchy, it is the fundamental distinction and possession of government which distinguishes it from mere brigandage. To quote St. Augustine, "In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?" Society is something which elevates us above the mere beast, but justice is what separates us from the madman, from the tyrant, from oppression
The Capitulation Of A Public Faith To A Private Practice
August 19th, 2012 | by Adam Bennett
…postmodernism, the belief that truth is inherently subjective and a function of power. With the rise of postmodernism came the
The Episcopal Church In America Through The Lens Of A Radical Moderate
August 5th, 2012 | by Adam Bennett
So, if we accept that rights are inherent and thus, by extension, conferred by something outside of society, then it is perfectly acceptable to insist that the State uphold or restore those rights; we are simply invoking the duty implicit in the nature of the State, in exercising it’s obligatory prerogative.
What Kind Of Knowledge, Bryan Or Scopes?
July 15th, 2012 | by Adam Bennett
Narrative knowledge produces a prescriptive impulse whereas the form that scientific knowledge embodies is fundamentally denotative. Though science can tell us the what, it can never move from empirical to moral. Science will always fail to tell us the why and the what for of existence, only the moral or prescriptive narrative can provide that. Thus science/fact is unable to create a cognitive matrix on it's own that explains it's own existence. So science, real science, is inherently non-religious, neither for or against, because science can produce no ethical impulse. Because the why is the narrative. The empirical only substantiates or disproves belief and or speaks ontologically when contextualized by the narrative. Science can never give you the why because it then would move from the descriptive to the prescriptive, from the empirical to the religious. That is why atheism is as religious as theism. Both purport to explain what is back behind what is
Love Thy Neighbor: A Patriotism of People and Place
July 5th, 2012 | by Adam Bennett
When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have
The Case For Taxing God: A Response
June 11th, 2012 | by Adam Bennett
Why aren’t churches taxed? This seems like a legitimate question. The First Amendment says this: Congress shall make no law respecting an
Neoliberalism and American Exceptionalism: They’ll win if it kills you
April 3rd, 2012 | by Adam Bennett
Today, about 50 million Americans exist everyday without healthcare coverage. To put that in perspective, that’s more than the population
Christianity, Capitalism and Healthcare…I need to borrow Romney’s Etch-A-Sketch
March 26th, 2012 | by Adam Bennett
One thing that has always puzzled me as a Protestant, as a theological descendant of Calvin and Luther, of Ursinus
This Isn’t A Game, This Is Real Dammit
March 20th, 2012 | by Adam Bennett
Land of the free and home of the brave. These words were distilled into me at a young age; almost
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