so why would he make it

I'm sorry, I should've been clearer above. I meant that God can see what is happening in the present, and possible futures. However, the whole future is not determined (to my knowledge), and there are parts in the bible where He essentially says He was surprised or shocked by something unexpected happening.

ah gotcha

what makes doing god's will objectively good?

Well, it's something I'm sill studying, but I think it has do do with natural consequences of actions

For example, the way we are built, the wages of staying underwater without air is drowning, Sin is doing that which we are not meant to do, and thus performing sinful actions affects us negatively, sooner or later.

Bringing this back to the original question, we must determine how economic policies affect man's ability to perform God's will. If they encourage sin, even if they claim to oppose it, then they are bad policies. But if they disincentivise sin and/or incentivise doing good, then they are good policies. It's the same with traditions.

If you're interested, Missing the Mark is a youtuber with some good videos related to this subject, though I disagree with him on some things (I'm not Catholic).

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@Froce The main reason our prisons are huge is blacks/hispanics commit crimes

Most states don't send you to jail for possession anymore

@here What's the new QotD?

@everyone 🔖 Daily Question

What would an ideal immigration system look like in your dream country? Share your thoughts.

COLLECTIVE

Banned

No immigration

none except if they speak the language, learn the culture, learn the history, and display an alright level of intelligence in various aptitude tests

a stark contrast to the citizenship test for the USA, which is quite literally 10 questions

What Hanaso said

6 of which you need to get correct

Allow immigrants in but at the same time enforce the death penalty.

lmfao

modern Japanese immigration systems

pretty much perfect

My dream "country" would probably be a voluntary confederation of covenant communities. Depending on the confederal law/agreements, each covenant would probably choose it's own way of accepting or denying people membership/citizenship.

@CryptoBlok I think that's similar to syndicalism

Syndicalism is more of a socialistic economic system. https://infogalactic.com/info/Syndicalism

I'm thinking more like a confederacy of Hoppean-style covenant communities, though I guess they would each have the right to determine their own economic policies as well.

basically I'll recover the National Origins Act

^

no immigration

Closed borders with few exceptions. People can visit, maybe even go to school, but have to leave when they’re done.

citizenship is not immigration just to clarify

that's separate

i think the one we have is pretty good

but there needs to be more room for high-skilled immigrants and refugees at the very least

from my preliminary research into the topic

@Deleted User I think foreigners should be allowed to go to school, but that's about as far as it goes

@everyone 🔖 Daily Question

Who is your favorite US president and why?

Thomas Jefferson, the founder of American liberty

for me