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To: tacticalogic
[ Then that is an accurate assesment of your argument? ]

The Theology of the Individual is as varied as there are Americans.. Everyone has a theology.. everyone.. Divorcing politics from theology is not possible.. its IMpossible..

130 posted on 12/21/2006 12:09:31 PM PST by hosepipe (CAUTION: This propaganda is laced with hyperbole)
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To: hosepipe

You've jumped through as many semantic hoops avoiding answering that question as you did in constructing the original argument.


133 posted on 12/21/2006 12:47:51 PM PST by tacticalogic ("Oh bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
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To: hosepipe
The Theology of the Individual is as varied as there are Americans.. Everyone has a theology.. everyone.. Divorcing politics from theology is not possible.. its IMpossible.

I've been thinking about that proposition, and I have a question. If I understand it correctly, by that standard every political decision, every vote, every law and piece of legislation is a question of morality. If I, or my representatives oppose a particular piece of legislation on the grounds that it is unconstitutional, that is a moral decision based on theology - it is religious. Under those conditions we cannot even require that our elected representatives swear an oath to uphold the Constitution without having violated the Constitution's proscription against requiring a religious test as a condition of holding public office. Are you sure you've thought this through?

139 posted on 12/22/2006 5:30:09 AM PST by tacticalogic ("Oh bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
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