To: metmom
The author isn't advocating a "worldview", but adherance to particular religious beliefs and doctrines - participation in and recognition of the authority of the church. An atheist can have a generic christian "worldview", but that's not what the author is saying we need.
Historically Western Judeo-Christian cultures have produced (eventually) superior forms of government. That's not a carte blance for anyone of Judeo-Christian faith to start claiming that the specific doctrines of their faith have to be codified into law in order to have a government that's consistent with that "worldview".
91 posted on
09/04/2009 2:14:28 PM PDT by
tacticalogic
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To: tacticalogic
Historically Western Judeo-Christian cultures have produced (eventually) superior forms of government. That's not a carte blance for anyone of Judeo-Christian faith to start claiming that the specific doctrines of their faith have to be codified into law in order to have a government that's consistent with that "worldview". Doctrines like *Do not steal*? *Do not murder*? *Do not lie*?
All the laws we have on our books have their roots in moral precepts, primarily based on Judeo-Christian principles.
No one here is advocating for a theocracy, which you know full well, but without the moral underpinnings that Judaism and Christianity provide, there will be no civilized society.
96 posted on
09/04/2009 4:43:21 PM PDT by
metmom
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