Throughout all of human history this is a truth that men have taken into account as they have dealt with one another, as they have conducted business, as they have passed laws, and as they have built civil societies. It is the first and most basic insight of both anthropology and sociology. Evil exists. It wrecks havoc on our best …
Nothing by Mere Authority
When the Royal Society was chartered by Charles II on this day in 1662, it was the first scientific society in history. Interestingly, devout Christians, with their interest in God’s creation, were most responsible in bringing it into existence. In fact, its membership was overwhelmingly Puritan in makeup. The Society originally grew out of the meetings of the so-called …