I like vagueness. |
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I thought people came here so they don't have to deal with that. |
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if you can read this then you are about to be punched
I like vagueness. |
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The worst thing that can happen to a good cause is, not to be skillfully attacked, but to be ineptly defended. - Frédéric Bastiat
I try to deny myself any illusions or delusions, and I think that this perhaps entitles me to try and deny the same to others, at least as long as they refuse to keep their fantasies to themselves. - Christopher Hitchens
Formerly known as BLUELINE976
Isn't it like that just about everywhere? From what I've seen there's theocratically tinged laws in just about every country, when it comes to 'morality' (look to legislation on sex and censorship for the hard evidence). |
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...America is too religious, in my humble opinion...there was supposed to be a wall of separation between religion and government, and the government was supposed to mediate, not mirror, public opinion, but it still seeps through, sadly enough. |
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My thoughts on the title of the thread.... |
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Well As far as America goes, I know Locke's Two Treatises on Government heavily influenced the US constitution and declaration of independence. Which is a good thing, because that's moral philosophy rather than religious dogmatism. |
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As far as I can tell, the Puritans fled various parts of Europe to escape religious persecution... |
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"you will not transform this house of prayer into a house of thieves"
It's true, most laws come from the Commandments and Sins. |
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Yeah, he seemed like he might be implying that so I just pointed that out for him. |
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Oh I know countries are crazier believe me. The point being a few laws tie in with the Bible. I'm not saying it's a bad thing I'm just curious why this is. |
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if you can read this then you are about to be punched
Wait what? |
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There are no laws regarding, who you have to worship, working on sunday, cheating on your wife, honoring your parents, coveting everything, or making idols. Its pretty safe to say the ten commandments has nothing to do with our laws. The only ones that actually apply are that you shouldn't murder or steal, which is pretty common sense. |
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...then why are states banning gay marriage? |
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"you will not transform this house of prayer into a house of thieves"
it seems like I just made a thread about this... |
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Ignorant bliss is an oxymoron; but so is miserable truth.
I find this very hard to believe. Some serious sources would be appreciated, here. I can't see, for the life of me, why large numbers of atheists would be up in arms against gay marriage...after all, it is the Bible here preaching intolerance against gays. There really isn't any other reason to hate gay people... |
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Maybe they are just homophobic? Since when did people need to have a religious reason to dislike someone. People dislike a ton of different minorities, and its normally not because of religion. |
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Ah, but what teaches people to hate these actions and have these misconceptions (which are exactly what most of the things on that list is)? In general, the religious are far less accepting of homosexuals and gay couples, as they have had this concept hammered into their skulls since childhood. And, yeah, most of these parents would probably be religious to some degree. Just because they don't like gay marriage for secular reasons doesn't mean religion doesn't play a serious role. |
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