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Author Topic:   Religion in Government
Gilgamesh
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Message 61 of 303 (111733)
05-31-2004 4:40 AM
Reply to: Message 56 by Hangdawg13
05-30-2004 9:36 PM


There is a lot of fallacy in this post of your. You are obviously new to this forum. Try reading this thread in it's entirity for starters and search through other threads to see how your most of your propositions are rebuked.

As a Christian, I agree with Eugene Peterson. All religion is evil.
Of course I am not classifying Christianity as a religion in that statement. Many have tried to make it one, but in doing so have rejected its very foundational principles.
Christianity, in all it's guises, is religion. See posts immediatly above. Check a dictionary. This fundie disctinction is meaningless.

More specifically to your question, "Should religion be allowed/tolerated in the Governmental and Political process?", yes and no. The majority of founders of this nation were Christians and intended for this nation's people and government to be guided by Christian moral principles
This generalisation has largely been rebutted above in this thread. Try reading outside Christian apologetics.

Moral principles, however, can never be divorced from God's authority. Without the authority of God's word, our principles are subject to our own subjective determination. Anarchy quickly followed by tyranny is the inevitable result (as proven by history).
Bollocks. All morality is a combination of subjective morality (that is why morality varies greatly from culture to culture, person to person), and an underlying evolution compulsion to protect one's family/offspring.

Although there's certainly nothing wrong or unconstitutional about Christian men seeking God's guidance in our government, or including references to God or his ten commandments in our government or public schools
It's very wrong and very unconstitutional to include references to God and his ten commandments in public schools. It contravenes the first amendment.

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