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To: MineralMan
And who would decifer that?
594 posted on 08/21/2003 1:12:32 PM PDT by missyme
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To: missyme
"And who would decifer that?"

Decipher what? What part of doing what you want as long as it harms nobody don't you understand? But, I'll expand a little.

Suppose you feel like doing something...say, going to the mall to buy a new pair of shoes. For a Wiccan, that would mean analyzing the effects on others of buying those shoes. Most likely, it would be just fine. However, suppose you had a sick child at home who needed a refill of a prescription. Maybe the money you spent on shoes would be the money you might have used for the prescription. So, in that case, it would be wrong to buy the shoes, since spending that money would hurt your child.

It's pretty simple, really. If you examined every action you took, and thought about the consequences of that action, then did not take the action if anyone would be harmed by your action, you'd be living a pretty good life.

That's the Wiccan's commandment. It's the only one they need. Sadly, as with the Ten Commandments, not everyone follows even that one all the time. Just as Christians steal, lie, commit adultery, and do all that other stuff they're not supposed to do, Wiccans sometimes forget to check for harm from their actions.

So there it is. Does that make it any clearer for you?
602 posted on 08/21/2003 1:23:27 PM PDT by MineralMan (godless atheist)
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To: missyme
I love how you support this kind of thing when it's your religion (and mine) that is being promoted by the government. I doubt you would show the same support for a section of the Koran or another religion's scripture on display at a public building.

Before you go on about how "this country was founded on Christian this-or-that" remember that the founding fathers didn't once mention God in the Constitution. They did this for a reason.

Government should be religion NEUTRAL. This is not an un-Christian idea. Think about the consequences of allowing otherwise - what happens when Muslims or Hindus are in power one day? Is that statue of Mohommed gonna be okay just because the majority wants it there? If you're not Catholic, how 'bout a statue of Mary? Is that okay? With the precedent you want to set today, it would be perfectly possible for this to happen in the future.

The judge is more than welcome to hang the Commandments in his chambers or on his desk or anywhere else within his sole control. But they do not belong on display at a public building.

Your position is typical liberal crap.

613 posted on 08/21/2003 1:31:44 PM PDT by BearCub
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