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To: cornelis

>>>>>You cannot have a content neutral government when it treats issues that concern our religious nature.<<<<<

Yes you can. The government should not be involved in religious issues.

>>>>I hope you don’t make any of those claims.<<<<

I most certainly did not.

I said that Conservatism is not a religious philosophy, and the GOP is not a platform for religious doctrine.


109 posted on 11/29/2008 4:12:14 PM PST by angkor (Conservatism is not a religious movement.)
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To: angkor

The government is involved in religious issues, by nature.
For government concerns people, and people are by nature religious.


118 posted on 11/29/2008 4:48:13 PM PST by cornelis
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To: angkor; cornelis
"I said that Conservatism is not a religious philosophy, and the GOP is not a platform for religious doctrine."

"Doctrine"?? Who within the United States government has proposed such a strawman, Heathenist Third Worlder?

What accusation would you have for THIS gentleman?:

GEORGE WASHINGTON:

"Whereas it is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits, and humbly to implore His protection and favor, and Whereas both Houses of Congress have by their Joint Committee requested me "to recommend to the People of the United States a day of public thanks-giving and prayer to be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many signal favors of Almighty God, especially by affording them an opportunity peaceably to establish a form of government for their safety and happiness."

Is in YOUR warped opinion Washington proposing a "religious doctrine" in his Thanksgiving Proclamation? According to your definition, he is.

You are painfully ignorant of U.S. History, son.

159 posted on 11/30/2008 6:14:02 PM PST by F16Fighter (I do not believe Kenyan-born Presidents are constitiutionally acceptable....YET.)
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