Fifty Questions That Christians Can't Answer

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ergo it's moral authority should come from the status quo, IMO

The justification of pragmatism is what works,more a matter of 'is' rather than 'ought'.


The 'status quo' refers the dominant power paradigm. It has no moral authority,it has power, which is based on force,implicit and implied. (Conflict theory 101). Its raison d'etre is its own survival.

Status quo, a commonly used form of the original Latin "statu quo" - literally "the state in which" - is a Latin term meaning the current or existing state of affairs.[1] To maintain the status quo is to keep the things the way they presently are. The related phrase status quo ante, literally "the state in which before", means "the state of affairs that existed previously"[2].

Arguing to preserve the status quo is usually done in the context of opposing a large, often radical change. The social movement is an example of the status quo being challenged. The term frequently refers to the status of a large issue, such as the current culture or social climate of an entire society or nation.[3]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Status_quo