[betty boop]

A nice long rant to tell me that you think you have the right to impose your religious values on the rest of us by force of arms.

Hahahahahahaha!!!! Outstandingly uproarious!!! (Is there a "boogie-man" hiding under your bed, too?)

Here are the "religious values" that this "fanatical Christian/Evangelical/Bible-thumping/extremist zealot" would like to impose on you DAnconia55:

(1) "Render unto Caesar what is Caesar's, and unto God what is God's." (I.e., the moral code is not something that any just, legitimate government can impose. Morality is simply not something that can be imposed at all, without violating the dignity and sanctity of the human person.)

(2) "Love thy neighbor as thyself." (I.e., live and let live).

In a civil society, the second is either predicated on the first, or it doesn't happen.

Would you like me to explain these points in greater detail? (Forgive me for saying it, but perhaps your religious bigotry disposes you against such a sensible notion.)

[unspun]

Agreed, bb.

Also, is the principle that Lincoln derived from Scritpure, that a man does not have the right to do what is wrong.

[DAnconia55]

Ok. But I don't disagree with you here :

1) "Render unto Caesar what is Caesar's, and unto God what is God's." (I.e., the moral code is not something that any just, legitimate government can impose. Morality is simply not something that can be imposed at all, without violating the dignity and sanctity of the human person.)

(2) "Love thy neighbor as thyself." (I.e., live and let live).

You seem to be missing an important point.

Just because you will play nicely with others, doesn't mean the rest of them will. Unspun included.

I'm only bigotted against brownshirt wannabe Fundies. I have no problem with actual meek Christians. It's the "Christians" that get me up in arms....