Bullet Wednesday: Theocracy/Theonomy

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•Winnipeg Free Press: Paul Wiecek, June 13, 2017  Cited: 'But what does the Nashville experience really prove, other than fans everywhere will cheer a winner?'

•Cited cont.:There’s a reason NBC’s cameras caught Bettman fawning all over Hill during Game 6 Sunday night, and it’s because Bettman knows it could be a very, very long time before hockey attracts that kind of star power again.The test of whether hockey is working in a market isn’t how well the fans support a winning team — that's the easy part. The real test is how well they support the local side when they’re losing.'

•Cited cont.: 'Fans in Canada and a tiny handful of American markets cheer for hockey; the rest cheer for winners.'

•Many people in Canada, especially me, become tired of losing National Hockey League clubs, but I think the author's point is a good one. Regardless of whether or not a club is distinctly successful, overall, a club generally, will do financially better in a market where that club and sport is significantly culturally relevant. Admittedly, that may now be the case in Nashville, but in general, it is more true in traditional hockey markets. And the larger those traditional markets, the better is it for franchise value. Therefore, I philosophically support more teams in traditional hockey markets.

•Quebec City and its new arena are not in line to receive a franchise, in a similar way to Hamilton and its now outdated arena.

•Much of what one labels, depends on where one is philosophically standing...

•Howard James Bartel: 'The biblical first church was built on voluntarism. That is not the same as socialism. The former involves consent, the latter does not.' From my years of study, I would conclude this is correct, Chuckles.

•Although a moderate conservative, I can agree that some left policies would be in agreement with the New Testament and some right policies. But a serious, fatal problem is the universal sinful nature of humanity (Romans 1-3 and following) corrupts any system of government, left, middle or right. Therefore, too much power increases the possibility of more corruption. Can we not observe this? There needs to be reasonable checks and balances between government and personal rights and freedoms.

•As a theologian/philosopher, in this realm, I am dead-set against any theocracy or theonomy whether left or right or other. I do not want anyone trying to force my religion or non-religion. Or any excessive secular state. This by the way, somewhat explains my refusal to embrace partisan politics or partisan denominationalism. The increased power can lead to abuse of citizens that do not follow the rules of state/religious interpretation. Or non-religious dictatorship. Empirically, this can be seen historically in many cases with religions, and communism/fascism. In the culminated Kingdom of God, it will be ruled by the perfect God-man, humanity will be perfected from sin, the problem of evil and humanity will not have need in ways that can lead to suffering.

•I do not claim to be a 'fundi' or US 'fundi'. I claim to be a Christian of the Reformed tradition. There is no need to abandon a Christian tag because of this often questionable group, which most Canadian evangelicals, as example, do not embrace in many ways.