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To: MasterGunner01

Thomas Jefferson wrote this:

“Whereas, Almighty God hath created the mind free;

That all attempts to influence it by temporal punishments or burthens, or by civil incapacitations tend only to beget habits of hypocrisy and meanness, and therefore are a departure from the plan of the holy author of our religion, who being Lord, both of body and mind yet chose not to propagate it by coercions on either, as was in his Almighty power to do,

That the impious presumption of legislators and rulers, civil as well as ecclesiastical, who, being themselves but fallible and uninspired men have assumed dominion over the faith of others, setting up their own opinions and modes of thinking as the only true and infallible, and as such endeavouring to impose them on others, hath established and maintained false religions over the greatest part of the world and through all time;

That to compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions, which he disbelieves is sinful and tyrannical;

That even the forcing him to support this or that teacher of his own religious persuasion is depriving him of the comfortable liberty of giving his contributions to the particular pastor, whose morals he would make his pattern, and whose powers he feels most persuasive to righteousness, and is withdrawing from the Ministry those temporary rewards, which, proceeding from an approbation of their personal conduct are an additional incitement to earnest and unremitting labours for the instruction of mankind;

That our civil rights have no dependence on our religious opinions any more than our opinions in physics or geometry,

That therefore the proscribing any citizen as unworthy the public confidence, by laying upon him an incapacity of being called to offices of trust and emolument, unless he profess or renounce this or that religious opinion, is depriving him injuriously of those privileges and advantages, to which, in common with his fellow citizens, he has a natural right,

That it tends only to corrupt the principles of that very Religion it is meant to encourage, by bribing with a monopoly of worldly honours and emoluments those who will externally profess and conform to it;

That though indeed, these are criminal who do not withstand such temptation, yet neither are those innocent who lay the bait in their way;

That to suffer the civil magistrate to intrude his powers into the field of opinion and to restrain the profession or propagation of principles on supposition of their ill tendency is a dangerous fallacy which at once destroys all religious liberty because he being of course judge of that tendency will make his opinions the rule of judgment and approve or condemn the sentiments of others only as they shall square with or differ from his own;

That it is time enough for the rightful purposes of civil government, for its officers to interfere when principles break out into overt acts against peace and good order;

And finally, that Truth is great, and will prevail if left to herself, that she is the proper and sufficient antagonist to error, and has nothing to fear from the conflict, unless by human interposition disarmed of her natural weapons free argument and debate, errors ceasing to be dangerous when it is permitted freely to contradict them:

Be it enacted by General Assembly that no man shall be compelled to frequent or support any religious worship, place, or ministry whatsoever, nor shall be enforced, restrained, molested, or burthened in his body or goods, nor shall otherwise suffer on account of his religious opinions or belief, but that all men shall be free to profess, and by argument to maintain, their opinions in matters of Religion, and that the same shall in no wise diminish, enlarge or affect their civil capacities. And though we well know that this Assembly elected by the people for the ordinary purposes of Legislation only, have no power to restrain the acts of succeeding Assemblies constituted with powers equal to our own, and that therefore to declare this act irrevocable would be of no effect in law; yet we are free to declare, and do declare that the rights hereby asserted, are of the natural rights of mankind, and that if any act shall be hereafter passed to repeal the present or to narrow its operation, such act will be an infringement of natural right.”

Eradicating all Muslims is wrong and immoral. Eradicating all people who demand you convert to their religion or die is right, and quite moral.

Separate the two. Stick with Jefferson, not this insane bimbo.


96 posted on 01/09/2015 3:45:28 PM PST by jimt (Fear is the darkroom where negatives are developed.)
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To: jimt
You illustrate the problem exactly. Eradicating all Muslims is wrong, but eradicating all who demand you convert to their religion is laudable?? BULLETIN!!!! THAT is Islam-and all who freely profess belief in it! Why are you trying to split hairs and believe anyone should? That's like trying to find the 'good' in the cannibal that is waiting for his portion of your body as opposed to the one carving you up for dinner. ISLAM declares 'submission or death', if you are Muslim you must believe that-and if you will not be a heretic and reject that then you ARE someone who must be eradicated-and rightfully so in your own words.
This INSISTENCE on defining Islam as what the cowardly West WANTS it to be, when its followers declare the truth in blood, in the news, daily, is why the world is paralyzed in the face of promised destruction. We are afraid-and guilty- about stepping on a few roaches that announce an infestation that will overwhelm us. STOP feeling for evil because you can't face the truth of what it is. Appeasement didn't work with the Nazis- it has never worked with Islam-and it never will. Islam -the belief system, and so we must accept all who identify with it-declares SUBMISSION to it or death. It's believers are willing and able to kill all of US to make an Islamic world. Unless-and until- non Muslims have the will to do the same, Islam wins.
For God's sake don't give the cannibals who want to eat you the benefit of the doubt because they are at the end of the table instead of at the carving station!
103 posted on 01/10/2015 7:20:20 AM PST by ClearBlueSky (Whenever someone says it's not about Islam- it's about Islam. That death cult must be eradicated.)
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