Don - some things are absolutes, some things are perceptions. While I appreciate some of what you are saying I cannot bite off the whole enchilada.
Where I believe in God first, and believe in the constitution second, I believe in the Church these days far less than I once did. I believe in making the right choice as often as I can and I consider it a moral choice based on what is morally sound in common man but not necessarily the Church's morals (and yes, much of what is morally sound in common man is based on religion in general and the Big Ten in a more narrow focus). I know that making a strong moral choice to impress good morals on my son but also to think independently and morally is one of the best things I can achieve as a fairly moral kind of guy. I think being a good citizen and an honest person is morally upstanding.
That was JohnR the person
Here is JohnR the Site Admin,
Before we stray too far from what this is, a fishing site, I just want to remind people that we are a fishing site first and a general blab afterward. Some sites, even some fishing sites, have deep discussion areas to pontificate and stand on a soapbox. Here @ SB we have The Scuppers which is intended to be a somewhat low key place for having fun and yes, some low level discussion about society, and a place to flush oddball content from other parts of the site. What it is not, is a place to get too deeply theoretical, emotional (unless you are having fun
), polarized, religious, political, adversarial, opinionated, hateful, or anything along those lines. Once political / moral / religious topics get too deep and involved, they begin to exceed the scope of this website. So while it is fine to have discussion on a wide variety of subjects, when they become to deep, especially with topics like religion & politics, they can and sometimes do exceed the scope of this site.
There are too many bad things in the world and society today. There are also many windmills. But there are other places better suited to delve deep into these issues.
Some places, in my opinion places like S-B, that allow discussion, learning, and fun focus on some of the finer things in life, like chasing Fifties.