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I believe Romney had some actual solutions to help America get back on her feet. With about 9 days to go before the election he was up in nation-wide polls, and up by 6 points in swing states like Florida. And he had momentum and I thought a miracle was about to happen. As one who strongly believes in God, and that God takes an interest in preserving and blessing this nation, I was encouraged for this country. Then the mega storm 'Sandy' approached and hit ...

A Hindu story: Someone asks God who will unite with Him more quickly, he who loves Him or He who hates Him. God replies 'He who hates me because He will think of me more often.'

When we hate something we bind ourselves to it with cords of passion. We define ourselves by what we are against much more than what we are for. When we renounce something for high moral reasons we tie ourselves to it. We are constantly on our guard against whatever it is that we are looking to renounce. We ...

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I tend to settle on a subject to study and meditate on for what usually ends up being a year or two. The last subject was the nature of God – His holiness, omniscience, eternal nature, etc. One thing I had come to understand, if God does not take the effort to reveal Himself to us, agnosticism is the best you can do. God is so far beyond humanity that humans will never be able to reach Him.

Earlier this year, I realized I had gotten all I could out of that topic and it was time to ...

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It came to me that I should explain why "Thinking on the Way" is my blog title.

I am attrached to the truth that God reveals in the Scriptures. I recognize from Scripture how much I and all the world have fallen away from what God desires and we need a Savior to restore us to God. I know a lot of people talk about the love of God. For me, its the truth, the absolute truth of God.

The obvious Scripture for me then is John 14:6 "I am the way, the truth, ...

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Originally posted by Seasanctuary

I've been reading a lot about divine command theories of ethics lately, yet I still don't see how all moral goodness can be defined by God's commands, attitudes, or character without ultimately appealing to a standard which need not reference any actual God.

Probably the most common popular-level formulation these days is that morality is defined by God's commands, but God's commands aren't arbitrary because they are based on God's essentially good character. This is probably coming

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