Rights and laws from our Creator

When is a state most corrupt? When the laws are most abundant according to Tacitus in Annals III, 27. The more writings and laws, the greater the weakness of men.

Man is a free, intelligent and noble creature, nevertheless he’s a instrument of God, according to Plutarch.

Letters thrown from a tower will never form a poem and man is not a collection of random atoms in space according to Cicero.

The common denominator in the thinking of each of the above 3 writers is a belief in an innate, divinely inspired law common to all men. The unwritten law precedes the written code and no government can escape the need for God.

Origin, a Greek theologian from about 200 A.D. adds that “Nothing can be altered for the better among men without God.”

French philosopher Joseph de Maistre, writing in 1809, adds a final voice when he comments about the 1st half of the 18th century: “Men of this age have prostituted genius to irreligion.”

I’m not totally clear in my understanding of ‘magical thinking,’ but one explanation is that ‘magical thinking’ makes it taboo to acknowledge a reality that is not in keeping with one’s politically correct, liberal mindset. Of course, liberals practice perennial ‘magical thinking,’ It is irresistible to the heart of a liberal to flaunt tolerance of extreme, jihadist sympathies. It is also irresistible to the heart of a liberal to not support cost reduction, fiscal responsibility and reduced government spending. It is ‘magical thinking’ that leads the Obama and his administration to dismiss the natural laws of God and men by proscribing endless rule and taxes, punishments and prohibitions.

How can Americans live free if they are in chains?