anastasia writes:
If there is a god/s, we are under him/her/it/them. Is that better?
No. Arbitrarily trying to force one belief over another is still wrong!
Hint; I never mentioned a constitution or any imaginary things rules, whatever they are. In this short little paragraph you have showed your lack of comprehension and ability to add things into the conversation in a moment of passion.
No you did not. That seems to be the problem with you, you want to ignore the real law of the land and insert your book of myths.
anastasia writes:
If a nation promotes a religion, and they ask you to fight in the name of that religion, would you do it?
Since the US constitution does no promote any religion this question is moot.
anastasia writes:
I am forced to think you are simply not understanding me. I
No, I understand you, When you said
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I do think that atheist are citizens, msg 50]
This shows you have now placed yourself and your religious views above the laws of this nation.
anastasia writes:
Since I expressly mentioned that our country has no rules of citizenship contigent on worship of any God, much less 'my' God, then it would be highly unlikely that I equivocated or even mentioned a stripping of citizenship.
Did you not state
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I do think that atheist are citizens
msg 50]
I'm a citizen, if you do not think atheist are citizens then you are equivocating stripping me of my citizenship.
Would it be more patriotic to go war, or to refuse?
It counts on the situation, I remember Vietnam do you?
I have no idea how this relates to genocide. Perhaps you would connect the dots?
I'll type slower. Did you not state
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If a nation sets forth an ideal which must at some point be defended
The ideal of manifest destiny perpetrated the most successfull act of genocide the world has ever known. Guess where and what religious group initiated it? Question , do you know what my avatar is about?
I do not know what makes you think liberal northerners can't be bigoted. They just change their focus.
Never said you can't, said if you want to see bigotry taking to the extreme come to the south. They use to have clauses when you purchased houses down here that it never could be resold to minorities or jews. Alabama took till 2000 to eradicate laws against interracial marriages. I could go on.
anastasia writes:
Since I expressly mentioned that our country has no rules of citizenship contigent on worship of any God, much less 'my' God
Did you not state
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I do think that atheist are citizens
msg 50]
anastasia writes:
First off, having a military record is not possible for everyone.
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If you are a citizen, you are. Only an individual knows to what extent their patriotism goes
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Would it be more patriotic to go war, or to refuse? It would probably be more noble to refuse, but I think patriotism implies loving the ideals of your country.
The bold shows you think that one should defend the ideals of the country above the noble act of refusing to not fight for those ideals, right?
It also shows the extent of patriotism if someone is willing to lay their life on the line or, like you, pay lip service to making statements about defending your country
If an athesit is bothered by the overly 'christian' aspects of this country, then maybe they will be left feeling a little less than patriotic about it all. Its personal.
Poor anastasia, feeling persecuted. I don't feel threatened by you or christianity, it is you spouting of
I do think that atheist are citizens I have never questioned your ability to be a citizen, just your lack of understanding of what is the law of this country ( the constitution ) and what is not ( your god and the bible).
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