The corrollary to my post the other day about God not desiring empty ritual is that God *does* desire ritual which is filled with spiritual meaning, and doing these is itself obedience to His Word.
@croftsegars @MooreSenate He doesn't *need* to clear his name when his accusers are so obviously lying and refuse to present their "evidence" for open examination
@ChadThundercokk Late 19th c. and were full on welfare/managerial state by WWI. And of course, look at them now.
USA was built on a horrible E-ment foundation which guaranteed universal male suffrage by the 1840s, and only went from there.
@ChadThundercokk Even today, they're one of the most pozzed and openly communist of western nations.
The English were whiggish after 1688, but the whiggery took some time to actually overcome the conservative aristocratic British temperament. Still, they had universal suffrage by the
@ChadThundercokk Well yeah, and look how bad the French Rev was for France. It destroyed their entire traditional basis, introduced a century of oscillations b/w democratic communes and ineffective "monarchies." The went from polar axial stability to constant civil strife.
@bajaturbo Very much so! Had a Sunday school teacher years ago who was teaching thru Proverbs and relied heavily on Bridges. Was always very impressed w/ his insights, both doctrinally and practically.