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FFQF: Can Legislation and Reason Change America's Moral Climate?

Hercules Mulligan — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 04:00:00 +0000

To hear so many public figures, or even ordinary people who publicly sound their opinions, say it, many might answer “yes” to the above question. So many people, on all sides of any issue, see so many wrongs in a country, including ours, that need to be corrected. It seems to be the fashion these [...]

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FFQF: Does One Size Fit All?

Hercules Mulligan — Fri, 22 May 2009 16:12:00 +0000

After an absence from this blog, and from my own meme “Founding Father’s Quote Friday,” I now resume my pen typewriter. I also apologize (do I do that more than I blog, I wonder?) to my readers and to FFQF participants. My absence was the result of necessity. Today, we pose the question “Does one [...]

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FFQF: The Bible in Schools

Hercules Mulligan — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 18:32:00 +0000

In a day and age when our society embraces moral relativism and religious relativism, in a day and age when these demented philosophies have produced more major problems than we seem to be able to grapple with, and in a day and age that refuses to turn to God in the midst of escalating licentiousness [...]

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FFQF: George Washington on the Spirit of Party

Hercules Mulligan — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 17:01:00 +0000

Beginning with this month, I have decided to stop issuing monthly themes for the Founding Fathers’ Quote Friday meme. My reason for this is simply, it will make it easier for bloggers to participate, and encourage other bloggers to become participants (hopefully). There is the possibility that inspiration will strike me and I will issue [...]

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Religion and Morality: Indispensable Supports?

Hercules Mulligan — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 03:24:00 +0000

It’s confession time for Hercules Mulligan: I get more comments on this blog than from irregular readers, than on any of my other (many) blogs. Several of these comments, I have not yet responded to. I sincerely and profusely apologize to those who wrote them for not having given them the attention and concentration that [...]

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FFQF: John Adams on Moral Authority

Hercules Mulligan — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 21:35:00 +0000

Today we will hear from an address which President John Adams gave to the officers of the First Brigade of the Third Division of the Massachusetts Militia, on October 11, 1798: While our country remains untainted with the principles and manners which are now producing desolation in so many parts of the world; while she [...]

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FFQF: George Washington on Moral Authority

Hercules Mulligan — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 16:31:00 +0000

Again today, we examine our theme of “moral authority.” Our goal, once again, is to solicit the Founding Fathers on the question of “What is the foundation for morality?” Today, we will hear from George Washington. He is definitely a fitting person to hear on this subject, as he has been called “the Eighth Wonder [...]

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FFQF: Benjamin Rush on Moral Authority

Hercules Mulligan — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 15:49:00 +0000

Last week we discussed the necessity of religious principle in the people of the republic in order for it to remain free. To use the words from last week’s quote: “Does [morality] require the aid of a generally received and divinely authoritative religion?” It is here that we run into a little dilemma, however. Our [...]

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FFQF: Alexander Hamilton on Moral Authority

Hercules Mulligan — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 05:00:00 +0000

In the last three months, our FFQF meme has explored the themes of liberty, virtue, and the importance of motherhood, and by following that order we have been systematically exploring the ultimate foundations upon which the American form of government rests. All this talk of liberty (as a just form of government), virtue (as the [...]

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