Saturday, November 2, 2013

Christian Worldview on Controversial Topics


I'm required to take a class called Christian Foundations of Law for this first semester of law school. The first couple of weeks of class we talked about various christian philosophers, lawyers and theologians. They discuss different worldviews on the law and how it came to be and what kind of authority government and citizens should have on the law. Basically, we learn the background of law from christian thinkers. It's a very interesting class and I'm so glad we're required to take because we talk about a lot about reason and justice and morals and the law. Now, we're starting to talk about christian worldviews on more current, controversial topics. So far, we've talked about abortion, transgender rights, criminal punishments: retribution and restorative justice, efficient breach of contracts, criminal responsibility. Our discussions come from both christian and non-christian legal professionals. They discuss moral issues behind eah topic and justice. We also discuss relevant scriptures from the bible with each topic. Now, we're talking about preemptive war and the ideas behind the Bush Doctrine, which was the first instance where a nation openly claimed that it would strike down any nation that has or harbors terrorist, essentially a claim to use preemptive forces. This is a very interesting topic considering the majority of my classmates, if not all, have grown up in the midst of some kind of terrorist threat. Our college and high school days were engulfed with the "war on terror." In the midst of the conversations i've grown up hearing and what the news wants to report, it is so important to step back and see the bigger picture and what I actually believe is just and what the bible says is just. I appreciate this class so much, because it gives me an opportunity to hear multiple perspectives on worldview, because it's a christian univeristy, it's emphasis is placed on scripture and a natural law worldview, where God is the ultimate authority and all things are subject to His will.

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