To: PetroniusMaximus
If we turn from the God of the Bible, we won't be free for long. Mixing government with religion is always a recipe for disaster.
Of course, you're not proposing supression of other beliefs, are you?
25 posted on
08/16/2004 11:31:57 AM PDT by
Modernman
(Hippies.They're everywhere. They wanna save the earth, but all they do is smoke pot and smell bad.)
To: Modernman
***Mixing government with religion is always a recipe for disaster.**
No, it's a personal choice issue. Governments shouldn't impose worship (though many in government are working to replace worship of God with worship of the State. The supression of other beliefs that won't bow to the State won't be long in coming).
Political freedom minus personal righteousness will result in the loss of freedom. This will be the natual consequence on the national level of the culmination of millions of personal choices.
Look at America. The less righteous we have become, the less free we are.
To: Modernman
The entire concept of our nation is that our rights derive from God and therefore cannot be abridged by a government of men. If He does not exist, from whence do our rights come? I certainly would not like to rely on the pagan pantheons as the guarantors of our freedom.
31 posted on
08/16/2004 2:37:35 PM PDT by
asmith92008
(If we buy into the nonsense that we always have to vote for RINOs, we'll just end up taking the horn)
To: Modernman
Personally, when faced with a moral crisis, I always ask WWOD -- What Would Odin Do? A messy resolution usually follows.
39 posted on
08/18/2004 9:06:55 AM PDT by
BroncosFan
(NJ 2005: Schundler for Governor)
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