Why are you posting this drivel on Free Republic at all?
And no, I'm not posting this as a "Creationist Idiot."
The argument is much further upstream from that, and in an way any FReeper would be on good diplomatic terms with, and many of the libertarians -- which seem to overlap with atheists much more than with Christians -- would heartily endorse.
Why are you ceding control of education of the children to the State (which nowadays means giving the Gramscians a 20-yard head start in a 40-yard dash)?
Why are you (implicitly) subscribing to "separation of Church and State" when that phrase wasn't in the Constitution, but was in a letter which Jefferson (who wrote the Declaration of Independence, not the Constitution) wrote to friends? Why are you apparently insisting on the Establishment Clause (so called) while ignoring the Free Exercise Clause?
Because the Bible-thumpers would make the wrong choice if left to themselves, so we the educated have to make it for them? If so, can you articulate *concisely* why this philosophy is different from the liberals' wish to control? (And not just in circumstance or ad hoc, but rather, ab initio?
If not, I will be happy to forward your employment application to the Good Intentions Paving Co., LLC.
Cheers!
Build a wall between Church and State that would make an illegal alien have a heart attack.
Clear enough for ya? ;)
Because the Bible-thumpers would make the wrong choice if left to themselves, so we the educated have to make it for them?
I fully support private and religious schools and homeschooling. The public school, however, must remain neutral.
If so, can you articulate *concisely* why this philosophy is different from the liberals' wish to control?
It isn't about control. It's about government neutrality.
[grey_whiskers] Why are you posting this drivel on Free Republic at all?
The ideas he insists upon are derived from reputable political geniuses. See here:
Separation of Church and State, Church and School