Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

To: Dead Corpse; PieterCasparzen

“Reading, reflection and time have convinced me that the interests
of society require the observation of those moral precepts ... in
which all religions agree.” —Thomas Jefferson


46 posted on 12/04/2012 7:20:07 PM PST by little jeremiah (Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. CSLewis)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 44 | View Replies ]


To: little jeremiah
Full quote:

Reading, reflection and time have convinced me that the interests of society require the observation of those moral precepts only in which all religions agree (for all forbid us to steal, murder, plunder, or bear false witness), and that we should not intermeddle with the particular dogmas in which all religions differ, and which are totally unconnected with morality. Thomas Jefferson. Letter to J. Fishback, 1809.

Which still supports my point. Codifying ONE sects dogma as National law is a bad idea. History is littered with Nations that have tried.

47 posted on 12/05/2012 6:09:59 AM PST by Dead Corpse (I will not comply.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 46 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson