death of christian culture‘Do what thou wilt’ includes willing to do what thou shouldst not. The Liberal takes a stand in No Man’s Land between ‘the law that is in my members’ and ‘the law that is in my mind.’ In that precarious and self-righteous place, doing what thou wilt is separate from the good. By doing evil to others or to ourselves, we first of all injure ourselves, because to do evil is the worst thing that can happen to a man. And because we are members of the human race, we injure the species even by an act only directed against ourselves. If others consent, the harm reciprocally injures everyone. There is no such thing as victimless crime any more than a free lunch. —The Death of Christian Culture, by John Senior (1978)

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