To: DontMessWithMyCountry
More importantly (at least in my mind) is that, at this point we have
much bigger problems that each other. Same goes for the Jews for that matter.
Petty squabbles here are counter productive, imho.
'The enemy of my enemy is my friend..'
136 posted on
02/23/2003 12:06:26 PM PST by
Jhoffa_
(Jhoffa_X)
To: Jhoffa_
Well, with all due respect, I cannot agree that 'the enemy of my enemy is my friend' applies, for a number two main reasons:
First, Catholics and Jews and Protestants are NOT enemies. There are some, however, who have so little GENUINE belief in the spiritual teachings that they get blind-sided and actually DO start believing that they are enemies. It's like they've learned to talk but never to walk.
Secondly, our country is predominantly Christian and Jewish (we can address the athiest and agnostic contingent another day, k? ;-) . If we believe (and ESPECIALLY on FreeRepublic!) that the Constitution contains the guiding principles in how we conduct ourselves as FREE citizens, then it is simply inconsonant--with BOTH the teachings of our respective religions AND with the clauses of our own Constitution--to be at each other's throats because one person chooses one religious path, while his neighbor chooses another path. No matter how you slice it or dice it, at best, it's nothing more than childishness ('my daddy can beat up your daddy' mentality); at worst, it's sheer hypocrisy. And, it gets very, very, wearisome.
Nothing like a house divided against itself to give ample ammo to those who would mock our nation.
139 posted on
02/23/2003 12:18:20 PM PST by
DontMessWithMyCountry
(It's serious business being an American in America these days.)
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