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R.J. Rushdoony Quotes: Whenever freedom is made into the absolute, the result is not freedom but anarchism. Freedom must be under law, or it is not freedom.
         

Whenever freedom is made into the absolute, the result is not freedom but anarchism. Freedom must be under law, or it is not freedom.


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Our basic problem today is that we have two religions in conflict, humanism and Christianity, each with its own morality and the laws of that morality.



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It must be recognized that in any culture the source of law is the god of that society



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The result of becoming tolerant towards sin is that we become intolerant towards God and His Word.



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