by drthomas | Mar 22, 2019 | Godly Human Sexuality, Politics
By: Thomas Lee Abshier, ND 3/27/2010 Dear Candidate, In your email response to me regarding abortion, and your decision to not engage this issue during your campaign, you stated: “I believe the issue to be extremely complicated for the reason that it pits two...
by drthomas | Mar 22, 2019 | Godly Human Sexuality, Politics
By: Margo Diann Nissley-Abshier, ND 3/27/2010 Dear Candidate, This letter was started as a response to your reply to my email of March 21, 2010. We are very busy, as I am sure you are also, and even made a quick trip back to your home state of Montana recently, so I...
by drthomas | Mar 22, 2019 | Godly Human Sexuality, Politics
Letter to a 2010 Senate Candidate Thomas Lee Abshier, ND 3/18/2010 Dear Candidate (Jim Huffman): A friend sent me an email (attached below), where he summarized your positions on a number of the issues. I agree with you on all except your stand on abortion. In the...
by drthomas | Mar 22, 2019 | Political Topics, Politics
By: Margo Diann Abshier, ND 11/19/2002 Hypocrites or Hypocrisy: America, the CHOICE is Yours As a licensed physician, the political, moral and ethical issue of abortion has been a vexation to me for many years. In recent political campaigns, some candidates and their...
by drthomas | Mar 22, 2019 | Godly Human Sexuality, Politics
by: Thomas Lee Abshier, ND 10/14/2009 From: Jonathan To: “Thomas Lee Abshier, ND” Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2004 10:45 AM Subject: Cheney’s daughter Dear Thomas, Bush said in the debate he did not know whether homosexuality was a choice or fate....
by drthomas | Mar 22, 2019 | Godly Human Sexuality, Politics
By: Thomas Lee Abshier, ND I oppose any legal acknowledgment of homosexual marriage or domestic partnership. As a nation, we should never support any public policy which opposes God’s Law as clearly presented in the Holy Bible. The Bible is the philosophical,...
by drthomas | Mar 22, 2019 | Godly Human Sexuality, Politics
by: Thomas Lee Abshier, ND It’s Not Just About Sex by: Albert Mohler June 28, 2005 David Steinmetz is a professor at the Divinity School of Duke University. In a recent article, he raised a very significant insight about the controversies over homosexuality in...
by drthomas | Mar 22, 2019 | Christianity in Politics, Godly Human Sexuality, Judiciary, Politics
By: Thomas Lee Abshier, ND When the Supreme Court overturned the right of Texas to outlaw sodomy, they did so against the intent and context of the US Constitution. In doing so, the Supreme Court has created a New Constitution. We are now under a New Regime. We are...
by drthomas | Mar 22, 2019 | Godly Human Sexuality, Politics
By: Thomas Lee Abshier, ND 4/23/2004 Dear Thomas, I was drawn to your Web page by your listing in the recent voter’s pamphlet. I served as a senator in the student government at a local Community College. I recently also hosted (at my own expense and without...
by drthomas | Mar 22, 2019 | Godly Human Sexuality, Politics
By: Thomas Lee Abshier, ND It has become common in America for many people to engage in sexual affairs and/or pornography (both of these practices are referred to as “fornication” in the Bible) and/or practice homosexuality. The general tone of the culture...
by drthomas | Mar 22, 2019 | Godly Human Sexuality, Politics
Godliness vs. Homosexual Marriage By: Thomas Lee Abshier, ND 5/19/2008 www.Townhall.com, a forum for conservative columnists, has today posted a column by Steve Chapman, 5/18/2008, declaring the correctness of California Supreme Court’s moral position requiring the...
by drthomas | Mar 22, 2019 | Godly Human Sexuality, Politics
Approval Demanded by the Homosexual Spirit by: Thomas Lee Abshier, ND10/20/2008 Finally, “Straight Talk” From the Homosexual Agenda by: Austin Nimocks Monday, October 20, 2008 Back in August, my jaw hit the floor when I read a column Corvino wrote that was...
by drthomas | Mar 22, 2019 | Godly Human Sexuality, Libertarian Politics, Politics
By: Thomas Lee Abshier, ND 6/24/08 A Critique of Libertarian Considerations regardingLimited Government, The Meaning of Marriage, Free Will, and the Christian Nation —–Original Message—– From: Thomas Lee Abshier, ND Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008...
by drthomas | Mar 22, 2019 | Godly Human Sexuality, Politics
By: Thomas Lee Abshier, ND 4/25/2009 The following essay was written in response to an email from a conservative friend attempting to justify why homosexual marriage would have unpleasant societal side effects. I have used the comments of this email as seed concepts...
by drthomas | Mar 21, 2019 | Christianity in Politics, Islam, Politics, Theology
Background information on the historic struggle between Christian culture and Islamic culture can be found on the following link to Larry Abraham’s site: http://www.insiderreport.net/clash_1-2.html The article describes the battle we face with our enemies and is...
by drthomas | Mar 21, 2019 | Christianity in Politics, Politics
Thank you for taking an interest in my Theory of Absolutes Blog. I am so glad that you’re here and look forward to reading your contributions to the conversation. I have spent a lifetime considering these concepts. The content I have created is meant to...
by drthomas | Mar 20, 2019 | Christianity in Politics, Politics
By: Margo Diann Nissley-Abshier, ND 12/31/2011 —– Original Message —– From: Ron To: Dr Margo Sent: Saturday, December 31, 2011 3:08 PM Subject: Showboating Evangelical Elites Split With Congregations on Issues – Rachel Alexander –...
by drthomas | Mar 20, 2019 | Apologetics, Christianity, Christianity in Politics, Politics, Theology
By: Thomas Lee Abshier, ND —– Original Message —– From: John To: Thomas Lee Abshier Sent: Friday, August 29, 2008 11:54 AM Subject: “Hank Video” Tom, see what you think of this video. John (Note: the link to the video upon which...
by drthomas | Mar 20, 2019 | Apologetics, Christianity, Christianity in Politics, Politics, Theology
By: Thomas Lee Abshier, ND —– Original Message —– From: “Jonathan” To: “Thomas Lee Abshier, ND” Sent: Friday, October 21, 2005 2:13 PM Subject: Re: Quotes about “war” by Thomas Abshier Tom, I took the last letter...
by drthomas | Mar 16, 2019 | Christianity, Christianity in Politics, Philosophy, Politics, Theology
By: Thomas Lee Abshier, ND7/10/2009 —– Original Message —– From: StevenTo: ‘Thomas Lee Abshier, NDSent: Friday, July 10, 2009 8:06 PM Subject: re: Guilt & Remorse Tom, I was wondering about something on the emotional dimension. Do you...
by drthomas | Mar 16, 2019 | Founding Fathers, Politics
By: Margo Diann Nissley-Abshier, N.D. August 25, 2011 (Thursday) 5:05pm Re: Video documentary, “The Faith of the Founders” Dear M. As I watched the video you gave me on the Founders, I took notes and here are rebuttals of its content: I have never seen someone try to...
by drthomas | Mar 16, 2019 | Founding Fathers, Politics
Commentary on the Modern Black Regiment Quotes from chapter 7 of: One Nation Under God, 10 Things Every Christian Should Know About the Founding of America by: Dr. David C. Gibbs Jr. President Christian Law Association, with Jerry Newcombe ©2003 Published by the...
by drthomas | Mar 16, 2019 | Christianity in Politics, Legislation, Politics
Congress Rules on the Religion Congress of the United States of America January 19, 1853, as part of a Congressional investigation, records the report of Mr. Badger of the Senate Judiciary Committee: The [First Amendment] clause speaks of “an establishment of...
by drthomas | Mar 16, 2019 | Founding Fathers, Judiciary, Politics
The Founders foresaw the predicament under which we now find ourselves being oppressed by the United States Supreme Court and Federal Judges? They not only provided us with the ability to impeach judges; it was their opinion that either the Executive branch or...
by drthomas | Mar 16, 2019 | Founding Fathers, Politics
The Researcher and historian who analyzed and wrote about America in the 1830s, Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1859), was a famous French statesman, historian, and social philosopher. Beginning in 1831, he and Gustave de Beaumont toured the country of America to observe...
by drthomas | Mar 16, 2019 | Founding Fathers, Politics
Joseph Story: life, 1779-1845 U.S. Congressman, 1808-1809 Supreme Court Justice, 1811-1845 Author: Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States Appointed in 1811 as a Justice to the United States Supreme Court by President James Madison (“The Chief...
by drthomas | Mar 16, 2019 | Founding Fathers, Politics
Patrick Henry wrote on the back of The Stamp Act Resolves, passed in the House of Burgesses, May, 1765, a summary of the pivotal events preceding the Revolution. He ends with this admonition: This brought on the war which finally separated the two countries and gave...
by drthomas | Mar 16, 2019 | Economics, Founding Fathers, Money, Politics
Benjamin Franklin was asked how he could explain the remarkable prosperity of the New England Colonies. Franklin replied: “Why, that is simple! In the Colonies, we issue our own paper money. It’s called ‘Colonial Scrip.’ We issue it to pay the government’s approved...
by drthomas | Mar 16, 2019 | Founding Fathers, Politics
The Faith of Benjamin Franklin: On March 9, 1790, Benjamin Franklin wrote to Ezra Stiles, President of Yale University: Here is my Creed. I believe in one God, the Creator of the Universe. That He governs it by His Providence. That He ought to be worshiped. That the...
by drthomas | Mar 16, 2019 | Founding Fathers, Politics
On June 28, 1813, in a letter to Thomas Jefferson, John Adams wrote: The general principles, on which the Fathers achieved independence, were the only Principles in which that beautiful Assembly of young Gentlemen could Unite… .And what were these general Principles?...
by drthomas | Mar 16, 2019 | Founding Fathers, Politics
In his first Inaugural Address in 1801, President Thomas Jefferson stated: Let us, then, with courage and confidence pursue our own federal and republican principles…. enlightened by a benign religion, professed, indeed, and practiced in various forms, yet all of them...
by drthomas | Mar 16, 2019 | Founding Fathers, Politics
James Madison, founding father, known as the “chief architect of the Constitution,” on June 20, 1785, wrote in regard to the relationship between religion and civil government. “Religion is the basis and Foundation of Government…. We have staked the...
by drthomas | Mar 16, 2019 | Founding Fathers, Politics
In the Church of Virginia on May 10, 1789, Washington stated: If I could have entertained the slightest apprehension that the Constitution framed by the Convention, where I had the honor to preside, might possibly endanger the religious rights of any ecclesiastical...
by drthomas | Mar 16, 2019 | Libertarian Politics, Politics
By: Thomas Lee Abshier, ND 6/5/2010 Tom & Margo, I would be interested in hearing your Christian perspective on the following article. I find that I agree largely with it, and I see a Christian solution being one of principally “self-government” – government over...
by drthomas | Mar 16, 2019 | Christianity in Politics, Politics
By: Thomas Lee Abshier, ND The Medical Consequences of Attacking Iraq: By Helen CaldicottApril 10, 2002 This San Francisco Chronicle editorial was on the subject of using U238 for armament and projectiles. The article implicated the morality of the Bush...
by drthomas | Mar 16, 2019 | Christianity in Politics, Politics
By: Thomas Lee Abshier, ND —– Original Message —– From: “Jonathan” To: “Thomas Abshier” Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2005 11:34 AMSubject: Bush Cites Religion as Factor in Miers’ Nomination Bush Cites Religion as Factor in...
by drthomas | Mar 16, 2019 | Christianity in Politics, Politics
by: Thomas Lee Abshier, ND Right to Privacy – Society has recently elevated the right to privacy to being one of the cardinal social/moral virtues. Select behavior once considered taboo, typically around sexual behaviors or drug use, are now off limits for prosecution...
by drthomas | Mar 16, 2019 | Christianity in Politics, Politics
by Thomas Lee Abshier, ND A Blow to the Rule of Law New York Times: March 22, 2005″If you are in a “persistent vegetative state” and there is a dispute about whether to keep you alive, your case will probably go no further than state court –...
by drthomas | Mar 16, 2019 | Christianity in Politics, Politics
By: Thomas Lee Abshier, ND The Oregonian, January 29, 2005, The Oregonian reported that someone was stealing the Adopt-a-Road signs posted in Marion County sponsored by the American Nazi Party....
by drthomas | Mar 16, 2019 | Christianity in Politics, Politics
by: Thomas Lee Abshier, ND Thom Hartmann (“progressive” radio talk show host) argues that we are not a Christian Nation and that the Founders would not have supported Judge Roy Moore’s placing of a 10 Commandments monument in a government building....
by drthomas | Mar 16, 2019 | Christianity in Politics, Politics
By: Thomas Lee Abshier, ND Thesis — Spiritual Forces are Acting to Secularize America: A contingent of liberal legislators, media, judges, special interest groups, and citizens support policies that would in effect replace America’s Christian legal,...
by drthomas | Mar 15, 2019 | Christianity in Politics, Politics
by: Thomas Lee Abshier, ND Secular Humanism is a religion, but not in the formal sense of the Hindu, Muslim, Buddhist, Jewish, or Christian faiths. Nevertheless, it has a belief structure with its own set of assumptions and unprovable articles of faiths concerning the...
by drthomas | Mar 14, 2019 | Christianity in Politics, Politics
By Thomas Lee Abshier, ND “It is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits, and humbly to implore his protection and favors.” George Washington (Thanksgiving Proclamation, 3 October 1789)...
by drthomas | Mar 10, 2019 | Culture, Politics, Politics of Economics, Quotes
“The difference between a welfare state and a totalitarian state is a matter of time.” – Ayn Rand “When you see that trading is done, not by consent, but by compulsion – when you see that in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing...
