Jun 9, 2016

Principles and Situations

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Here's an excerpt from Principles and Situations, R.C. Sproul's contribution to the June issue of Tabletalk:

We need principles that are absolute and normative; otherwise, the decisions we make will be arbitrary, and we'll have no basis for distinguishing right decisions from wrong decisions. Our human-enacted laws can be helpful, but they can never provide absolute norms. This is particularly clear in societies where the laws are enacted according to popular will. We will find conflict and contradiction between the laws of one society wherein laws are made by an elected body and the laws of another society that makes laws in a similar way. In the United States, abortion is legal.

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