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ah....but it does affect you my freedom loving friend. Without the foundations if religion as the core source for defining many concepts of justice you wouldn't be enjoying your atheism and the freedom to be so today.

You see, as I am sure you are aware, there once was a concept that gave birth to a new definition of what justice is and it has much to do with individuals that believed we were endowed by our Creator certain inalienable rights.

John Locke and Tom Hobbes believed that since God gave us freedom we would be acting as a higher god by restricting or removing it without reasonable justification. These two individuals influenced the foundations of what justice is and where we drew our cornerstone from.

At the same time, I will not discount the fact that our laws are not only influenced by divine law but written law and common law.

Russia tried it the Atheist route and failed as a country but were successful in dismantling much of Eastern Christianity. Which may have been the goal.

I hope we do not turn into an Atheist country were religion is suppressed and punished.

[MineralMan]

"I hope we do not turn into an Atheist country were religion is suppressed and punished."

So do I. I also hope we do not turn into a religious country where atheists are suppressed and punished.

Same thing.