The-God cannot usurp a human-being's authority to choose crime: the-good-people must

Phil Beaver works to establish opinion when the-objective-truth has not been discovered. He seeks to refine his opinion by listening to other people’s experiences and observations. The comment box below invites readers to express facts, opinion, or concern, perhaps to share with people who may follow the blog.

Note:  I often connect words in a phrase with dashes in order to represent an idea. For example, frank-objectivity represents the idea of candidly expressing the-objective-truth despite possible error. In other words, the writer expresses his “belief,” knowing he could be in error. People may collaboratively approach the-objective-truth.

The Advocate:  See online at theadvocate.com/baton_rouge

  

Our Views. Is this idea, “Let’s go back to before,” an original with The Advocate, or did it come from Gov. John Bel Edwards? Everybody knows humans don't go back to before.

The GOP may take charge and drum Edwards out of influence. Solve the state’s budget woes by cutting costs, especially special-interest favors, and deliver the bill to Edwards’ desk. No new taxes.

On a separate front, pass the gas-tax increase and get on with road upgrades with strong DOTD oversight. No more La 1 at Port Allen bridge failures!

Today’s thought, Alvin Plantinga. He’s only a Christian philosopher---not a god, but I paraphrase Plantinga’s $1.4 million thought: Each human being is born so psychologically powerful that God allows every person to choose either good or evil behavior.

This thought informs us that separation of church from state is essential for civic justice:  Some humans choose evil behavior and God does not intervene. 

Therefore, the people must take charge of civic justice.

   

Stephanie Grace column, “speak up”. “Speak up” prompts “listen up.”

Listen to the preamble to the constitution for the USA (1787), Abraham Lincoln, and Alvin Plantinga, for example, to understand the source of justice: The people rather than theism.

Warned by the CSA to prepare for war because “public opinion at the North has invested a great political error with the sanction of more erroneous religious belief,” Abraham Lincoln, perhaps drawing from the preamble, responded on March 4, 1861, “Why should there not be a patient confidence in the ultimate justice of the people? Is there any better or equal hope in the world?” Lincoln urged the people to accept responsibility for justice, but the reality of theism brought war.

On April 25, 2017, RNS announced that Alvin Plantinga won the Templeton Prize. Some philosophers view “theistic belief as logically incompatible with the reality of evil.” Plantinga, a Christian, counters that, “in a world with free creatures, God cannot determine their behavior, so even an omnipotent God might not be able to create a world where all creatures will always freely choose to do good.” Thus, Plantinga supported Lincoln’s 1861 claim: Justice comes from the people rather than God.

It is alright for black power and black theology to hope that their God will deliver them to supremacy--- every city will yield to their demands. It is not alright for elected officials to ignore the source of justice.

New Orleans, Louisiana, and the USA, may listen to history and reverse the intent to remove more monuments.

   

George Will column (tax reform hard). It will not be easy. However, there must be a first step, and that is the bright part of each of President Trump’s initiatives. He does not hesitate to start. It is up to the people to support and finish.

   

Jeff Sadow column. Sadow, I appreciate the research you do and want to understand your message, but it is not happening.

In this case, I think Orleans Defenders Office (ODO) spent $227/filing in 2015 compared to $38 in 1996. I have no idea what OPD did. You talk about so many different courts. How can I sort your numbers?

I understand 164 murders in 2015 vs 363 in 1995 and 3736 violent crimes in 2015 vs 10,876 in 1995.

So crime is drastically down, with ratios 0.34 crime, 0.45 murder and 3.2 cost. Thus, cost is 7.1 to 9.4 high. With $7 million spent, $1 million seems enough.

What happened to $6 million? Judges and lawyers statutorily ate it?

 

Michael Gerson column (Trump an imbecile). Gerson, you disappoint me.

Trump is an administrator, perhaps the best the USA has ever seen. If any of the other candidates had won the election, the administration might have been filled with career do-nothing politicians.

  

You may begin to understand what is happening by focusing on the accomplishments of Trump’s cabinet---the USA’s cabinet. Tell us your thoughts on cabinet members’ works and then you might be able to communicate with us, the readers.

Never before has a president so constantly informed the people. Never before has a president freed the people from the media and the sociology polls. But the media and pollsters are clueless.

 

Decision rumors (1B). To Nancy M. Jeansonne: Behavior The Advocate attributes to “leaders” seem to me to be Alinsky-Marxist organized (AMO) instigators.

 

Listen to this 1967 conversation with Alinsky: youtube.com/watch?v=OsfxnaFaHWI .

 

At 0.67 minutes, Buckly calls Alinsky the revolutionary of American churches.

 

At 16 minutes, he establishes the “constitutional amendment” (my interpretation) that empowers

AMO: after a community has been burned, they are the people the government must settle with.

  

At 19:25 he talks about having no ideology beyond liberal democracy; the people take power and solve the problems as they arise.

At 23:14, “The right thing to do.” (Quoting the 2016 Gov. Edwards?)

 

I do not understand The Advocate using AMO language to describe the people who met as “leaders” without the help of Saul Alinsky talking for Saul Alinsky. Is The Advocate an AMO agent rather than a business opportunist?

And what does John Delgado know and how does he know?

Sales Tax (1A). Renewal of any part of the extra sales tax would be sheer negligence by the Legislature and the administration. Cut special-interest favors.

Pope on Korea (2A). Since when did the papal-government partnership extend to the far east?

NC College pledge (14A). There should be some conservative pledges to offset the liberal democrat pledges.

Selling a home but keeping the mortgage with advice from the buyer’s lawyer (16A). The church left out the first of the deadly errors: gullibility.

Readers can’t trust the Associated Press, and Matt Sedensky did not give enough detail about how the scam works.

Immigrants rallies (17A). I wonder if Obama’s AMO organization, perhaps OFA (ofa.us) is a sponsor. The Associated Press could tell us who the sponsors are, but Sophia Tareen and Amy Taxin did not say.

Big bomb (20A). The media wants to lessen Trump’s accomplishments, but the US military dropped that bomb. I understood the Islamic State was their target and would not be interested in a writer’s second guess.

Same wavelength (21A). Readers may understand that sociologists start with an idea, create subjective studies to prove their idea, and get some statistics. They report an idea but know nothing about discovered-reality or the-objective-truth.

  

Phil Beaver does not “know” the-indisputable-facts. Phil trusts and is committed to the-objective-truth of which most is undiscovered and some is understood.

Phil Beaver is agent for A Civic People of the United States, a Louisiana, education non-profit. See online at promotethepreamble.blogspot.com.