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Re: What does it mean to be a conservative?
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Originally Posted by Esaias
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Originally Posted by wire2john
Conservatives are afraid of change, while Liberals embrace it. It's not much more complex than that. On some issues, Conservatives are in the right; on others, Liberals hold the high ground. Today's Liberal can be tomorrow's Conservative without changing what they believe, but never the other way around. In secular terms, conservatives tend to be poorer and therefore more averse to risk, whereas liberals tend to be wealthier and therefore better insulted from the unanticipated loses that can result from embracing something new.
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Originally Posted by Originalist
Sometimes hidden dangers spring on us suddenly. Those are out of our control. But when one can see the danger, and then refuses to arrest , all in the name of "God is in control", they are forfeiting God given, preventive opportunities.
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