The job of a lawyer is to make the law work to the advantage of his client. In Christ’s day the lawyers were the Pharisees. They took the Ten Commandments and invented loop holes so that the letter of the law could appear to be enforced but the spirit, or intent, of the law could be totally subverted. One example regards the commandment “honor your

Reward good behavior and punish bad behavior            The purpose of government is to reward good behavior and punish bad behavior. What behavior is good, and what behavior is bad? Murder, rape, and theft are bad behaviors. Hard work, productivity, and serving the needs of others are good behaviors. A system of government that benefits the most people is a system

You cannot legislate morality. I have heard that phrase repeated often throughout my lifetime. It must be true. Vladimir Lenin,  the founder of Russian Communism, said “a lie told often enough becomes the truth.” I recently came across a Christian minister who repeated that phrase to me and expressed that he believed it was true. How have we gotten so confused? Is it immoral to shop lift?