Comments on: Cousins: Sending Mixed Messages

By: John Nelson

John Nelson — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 21:34:31 +0000

The first step to overcoming any addiction has to be a conviction that it is wrong. Gambling, pornography and drugs are all addictive, and many other things besides, and making excuses for them while ostensibly trying to ‘kick the habit’ is like fighting with your hands tied behind your back.

“and my sin is ever before me. Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest.” (Ps 51:3,4)

John Nelson

By: John Angelico

John Angelico — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 11:43:38 +0000

To comment on the false “it’s a health problem not a criminal problem” dichotomy, I would say that violent crimes of assault and murder have both health issues (personal for the victims, and, for the community, in the health system) and criminal aspects. But we don’t set them up as mutually exclusive factors. They are BOTH…AND factors.

By analogy, the drugs issue is in the same boat, and both my example and the drugs topic suffer from the same wrong-headed humanist idea that human beings are not morally accountable, only sick. They don’t need punishment, only treatment. We are back with the (surely?) discredited doctrine of “the perfectibility of man” .

John Angelico

By: Bill Muehlenberg

Bill Muehlenberg — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 09:53:07 +0000

Thanks Karen
Bill Muehlenberg, CultureWatch

By: Karen Halls

Karen Halls — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 08:44:04 +0000

I found your site on google blog search and read a few of your other posts. Keep up the good work. Just added your RSS feed to my feed reader. Look forward to reading more from you.

Karen Halls