Posted by
Major Howcott on Wednesday, May 21, 2008 10:46:43 AM
A government that promotes the principle of freedom must be
about more then just acquiring the power to enforce the ideas of individuals or
even of the society as a whole. It must also be about people: their
virtue and their independence. A society populated by thieves, liars, and
reprobates, requires a strong government hand to keep order. To prevent the citizens of this society from
feeding upon each other, government must institute laws that control people and
degrade freedom.
Therefore, the freedom in a society can be no greater then the
virtue of its citizenry will allow. And “conformal religions”; that is, religions
that seriously practice and endorse the concept of reciprocity (as in the
Golden Rule), are the foremost promoters of virtue; seen now to be an essential
ingredient of freedom.