Masculine

Viewpoint

Every human being operates on a "Philosophy of Life," whether he has worked out the philosophy systematically or has just let it happen and carried it on by habit. Sometimes it appears that the philosophy of those who just let it happen is not much worse than the philosophy of those who give much time, thought, and care to developing it. I wish I knew for sure whether "caring" pays off. In a lot of life I guess we just have to gamble(have faith) and hope we are right.

Lot us assume that following the laws of Nature as God. made them is the best way of living, since this would mean that we wore living in harmony with the universo. So, does this way of living not take knowledge of the laws? Now some of the laws of God (nature) are built in. We know them by heredity: We know we need to eat, have sex, sleep, and have other people to help us meet these needs. There are various ways of satisfying these needs, and who is to judge which ways or foods or ideas are better? God made man a free agent, and in America we say men are free. I believe this, since you don't have to do anything but die. You must of course be willing to take the consequences of your choices.

God has given no man the right to rule another man's life. There is but one God, and he gave us the ability -not the right, but the ability to make choices. It is our duty to use our brains to make the best choices, and we will suffer when we try to break the laws of God. But the only alternative to making those choices and

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