Change the Discourse and Limit Government

Communication about government must change or all limits on government will disappear. So how do we do this? The first thing we must do is to define the term discourse. For our purposes we take a portion of Webster’s definition as follows: a mode of organizing knowledge, ideas, or experience that is rooted in language and its concrete contexts (as history or institutions).

The object is to change the method of discourse being communicated about government’s role in society, and its role in each person’s life. Presently there is a discussion limited to rationalism and empiricism. These are human viewpoints and are personal to those who come up with the rational thought or through a human experiment, hence rationalism or empiricism are the methods used. Both the Left and the Right use these methods to arrive at their positions. They are traveling on parallel tracks. They will never meet. They are in the business of winning their argument or position. They will never convince the other of the correctness of their position. There is another view. It is the view of Universal Truth. Universal Truth has been around for a long time. For example as far back as the first recorded human history, government has made murder a crime. Therefore that is an example of a Universal Truth. At this point if you are a person who does not believe there is any Universal Truth in the world then you will not like anything in this booklet and you might as well put it down. If you are a person like Thomas Jefferson you may not believe in a Deity but you do believe in a Universal Truth or ethic then you should read on. If you are a Christian or person who believes in God you should continue to educate yourself about what Universal Truths God has given to mankind.

In a discourse we must assume that there is more than one person in the conversation. It is our position that if there are several human viewpoints and one fits God’s view that viewpoint wins every time. This means when a Liberal or a Conservative or someone else is involved in a conversation about government’s role and they express an opinion it is possible that their opinion is the same as God’s. If that is true then the argument is settled. God always wins. The other side can argue with the position however there is no possibility to win the argument. It will be a disappointment to a Conservative when they read this material and find that God does not always agree with their opinion. It will surprise many Liberals that many of their positions are supported by scripture and when they want to win the day all they have to do is to quote the scripture.