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Anthony Foxx Declares Thursday 'A Day Of Reason,' Instead of Prayer, in Charlotte
US News and World Report's Washington Whispers ^
| April 30, 2013
| Elizabeth Flock
Posted on 04/30/2013 6:49:46 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
hows about instead...obama is in season...treason is the reason
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posted on
04/30/2013 7:49:41 PM PDT
by
ldish
(Give me Freedom and Liberty or let's kick some a**!)
To: Blood of Tyrants
If atheists took reason to its logical conclusion, they would find that there is no reason they should obey any laws since laws stand in the way of their personal happiness and there is no absolute right and wrong.YES!!!
However, no atheist will admit this. They call claim to believe that somewhere outside the universe is floating a gigantic granite block with "thou shalt not be a bigot" carved on it.
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posted on
04/30/2013 7:51:13 PM PDT
by
Zionist Conspirator
(Ki-hagoy vehamamlakhah 'asher lo'-ya`avdukh yove'du; vehagoyim charov yecheravu!)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
And as usual, a Sodialist-Liberal Democrat speaks Goofus again. I'm sure that in my extended family alone, hundreds if not thousands of prayers to the Heavenly Father are answered on a daily basis.
Pray Psalm 58. Drive Homeland Security crazy.
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posted on
04/30/2013 7:51:35 PM PDT
by
righttackle44
(Take scalps. Leave the bodies as a warning.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
I am truly sick of atheists and secular progressives hijacking Christian holidays and other days of unity. Why don’t they establish their own special days of celebrating “nothingness”? I promise not to bother them on those days.
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posted on
04/30/2013 8:10:37 PM PDT
by
RRismyhero
(Mr. Obama - You can keep your change.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
I hate North Carolina Communists.
To: 2ndDivisionVet
St. Thomas Aquinas said that faith and reason are essentially two sides to one coin.
In other words, they cannot be separated without consequences to both.
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posted on
04/30/2013 8:36:45 PM PDT
by
Slyfox
(The Key to Marxism is Medicine ~ Vladimir Lenin)
To: bigtoona
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posted on
04/30/2013 8:59:44 PM PDT
by
JSDude1
(Is John Boehner the Neville Chamberlain of American Politics?)
To: Blood of Tyrants
If atheists took reason to its logical conclusion, they would find that there is no reason they should obey any laws since laws stand in the way of their personal happiness and there is no absolute right and wrong. Yes and no. Without God, there's no absolute moral imperative to obey any laws, but there are good rational reasons for doing so. Quite apart from religion, laws exist to keep order in society, so whether you think there's a moral imperative to obey them or not, breaking them can mean execution, incarceration, fines, or being ostracized by society. In fact, most people, religious or not, obey laws for these reasons, not for reasons of metaphysics.
To: Zionist Conspirator
However, no atheist will admit this. They call claim to believe that somewhere outside the universe is floating a gigantic granite block with "thou shalt not be a bigot" carved on it. G.K. Chesterton once said that the problem with those who reject religion isn't that they believe in nothing, but that they are willing to believe anything.
Most people I know who rejected the faiths they were raised in didn't become rational scientists, they became the "I'm spiritual, not religious" types who believe in all sorts of New Age mumbo-jumbo (pseudo-Buddhism, pseudo-American Indian shamanism, magic healing crystals, etc). And, as you say, they replace conventional morality not with nihilism or utilitarianism, but with doctrinaire political correctness, with its own invented sins of "racism, "sexism", "homophobia", etc.
People have an instinctive need for ritual, belief, and moral codes. Take one away, they'll find something even more nonsensical to fill in the gaps.
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