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To: AmericanFaith
Why do you need the "blessing" of the government for YOUR religion, and its power to force others to recognize its "superiority", if it's The Truth? Surely government force is unnecessary. Why does other people believing different things, or not believing anything at all, bother you so much that you want the government to do something about it?
22 posted on 08/29/2004 5:53:27 PM PDT by Long Cut (The Constitution...the NATOPS of America!)
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To: Long Cut

By your logic, we should tolerate any deviant behavior such as sodomy or atheism as long as they don't interfere with our own day-to-day lives. Yes it does bother me if a muslim moves in next door to me, and yes it does bother me if the media condones homosexuality to such an extend that I can't protect my children from it without unplugging the TV altogether. I don't support Christianity because it is MY religion, but because it is the one true way to mankind's salvation. Everyone insists on their right to define their own morals and "life my life as I choose so long as I don't interfere with my neighbor's right to do the same." What about our right to live in a country free from pagans and terrorists? But you do have a point that it is infeasible to force any religious doctrine upon the country, at least in a literal sense. Outlawing the practice of islam would probably cause riots (not to mention make people vote democrat in droves), although I personally wouldn't have a problem with it. We need to start with smaller victories and slowly change this country's culture back to the Christian values we once had.


23 posted on 08/29/2004 6:32:25 PM PDT by AmericanFaith
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