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'''3.'''Specifically, Churchill allowed an air attack on the city of Coventry rather than defend it so that the Germans would know we broke their code. At first, it seems that he could have warned the people but allowed the destruction of the city, although this would mean that some of the people would guess Britain had broken the codes! Or perhaps they could have ordered a mobilization of defense systems everywhere, including Coventry, to appear as a sudden, overarching order. But these and others do not guarantee that the Germans would not find out about the breaking of the code. It seems that allowing the attack is the only foolproof decision. While this seems cruel, and perhaps there is a solution I did not think of, my understanding of [[morality]] is that it is okay to do nothing, even if doing nothing results in death. Whether I’m right or wrong, I thank God I am not a head of state during wartime!

'''3.'''Specifically, Churchill allowed an air attack on the city of Coventry rather than defend it so that the Germans would know we broke their code. At first, it seems that he could have warned the people but allowed the destruction of the city, although this would mean that some of the people would guess Britain had broken the codes! Or perhaps they could have ordered a mobilization of defense systems everywhere, including Coventry, to appear as a sudden, overarching order. But these and others do not guarantee that the Germans would not find out about the breaking of the code. It seems that allowing the attack is the only foolproof decision. While this seems cruel, and perhaps there is a solution I did not think of, my understanding of [[morality]] is that it is okay to do nothing, even if doing nothing results in death. Whether I’m right or wrong, I thank God I am not a head of state during wartime!

'''6.'''The [[United Nations]] is your typical bureaucratic, money-squandering, scandal-ridden, power-hungry organization. You can bet that if it honestly advertised its real activities, such as usurping parental rights and handing out condoms in Africa, that even fewer people would support it than now do. While I don’t think an international organization is necessarily bad, the fact that the UN can make treaties and usurp national sovereignty makes it bad. And in addition to that, it’s essentially a propaganda arm for the leftist agenda. No thanks.

'''5.'''The [[United Nations]] is your typical bureaucratic, money-squandering, scandal-ridden, power-hungry organization. You can bet that if it honestly advertised its real activities, such as usurping parental rights and handing out condoms in Africa, that even fewer people would support it than now do. While I don’t think an international organization is necessarily bad, the fact that the UN can make treaties and usurp national sovereignty makes it bad. And in addition to that, it’s essentially a propaganda arm for the leftist agenda. No thanks.

'''7.'''I'd just like to mention what I've learned in this course. Due in part to the [[creationist]] chronology in the first lecture, I've begun to study the creation-[[evolution]] issue, which has fascinating social, political, and historical elements as well as scientific ones. Based partly on the amazing insight of the Classical philosophers and mathematicians, I have started to think that rather than becoming ever more intelligent, that the human mind is actually experiencing progressive devolution, and that the more we discover, the less we are able to think and do things on our own and for ourselves. I have seen more clearly the connection between abandonment of faith and rise in violence and cruelty. I have learned once again that faith is greater than submission and freedom is greater than suppression. And the rest, of course, is [[history]].

'''8.'''I'd just like to mention what I've learned in this course. Due in part to the [[creationist]] chronology in the first lecture, I've begun to study the creation-[[evolution]] issue, which has fascinating social, political, and historical elements as well as scientific ones. Based partly on the amazing insight of the Classical philosophers and mathematicians, I have started to think that rather than becoming ever more intelligent, that the human mind is actually experiencing progressive devolution, and that the more we discover, the less we are able to think and do things on our own and for ourselves. I have seen more clearly the connection between abandonment of faith and rise in violence and cruelty. I have learned once again that faith is greater than submission and freedom is greater than suppression. And the rest, of course, is [[history]].