To: glide625
As commie one-state secularized as England is, Im surprised they havent forced the shut down of not only the schools but the churches as well.
If a place where religious education is mandatory, where faith schools are paid for out of taxation, where Bishops sit in the legislature &c.&c. is "commie one-state secularized", I hate to think what the U.S. is.
To: FloreatIacobus
"If a place [England] where religious education is mandatory, where faith schools are paid for out of taxation, where Bishops sit in the legislature &c.&c. is "commie one-state secularized", I hate to think what the U.S. is." As liberty declines, it is only too typical for the state to subsidize and control the Church. One has only to think of the Chinese Catholic Patriotic Assoication, and the Russian Orthodox Church in the Soviet Union, to realize that it is standard for atheistic communist governments to tolerate, and even pay for, religious institutions.
The whole point is to keep a tight rein on the clergy, maintain state censorship over seminaries and other religious institutions, and keep Almighty God firmly subordinated to the Ministry of Religious Activities.
16 posted on
01/02/2008 7:54:09 AM PST by
Mrs. Don-o
(Christus natus est! O Magnum Mysterium! Christ is born! Glorify Him!)
To: FloreatIacobus
If a place where religious education is mandatory, where faith schools are paid for out of taxation, where Bishops sit in the legislature &c.&c. is "commie one-state secularized", I hate to think what the U.S. is. I'm sorry that you so completely missed the point.
24 posted on
01/02/2008 9:41:31 AM PST by
Zero Sum
(Liberalism: The damage ends up being a thousand times the benefit! (apologies to Rabbi Benny Lau))
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