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To: daniel1212

‘My heard’? (Scratches head ...)
Oh, how i heard! Oh, well, quite easy!
All that you prposed doing, as it stands in America today, would be reviving the infamous puritanical ‘blue lawsx, that existed in the 1950’s, as I remember them. Now, I admit, I would not sneeze at anti-Communist laws, also from the ‘50’s, however, I do not wish to see America become Alabama, the home of the anti-dildo sale state. Nor would I care to see any anti-witchcraft law, since the religion of Wicca has been part of a military chaplains’ manual since 1976, and is legally recognized by the V.A. since 2007. (Did you know the 1st witch was hung on this continent just 27 years after the Mayflower dropped anchor?)

I hope that you ‘heard’ this plain enough, for I refuse to spend another of my fleeting life’s time on you.
Goodbye.


167 posted on 03/07/2020 2:20:32 PM PST by Terry L Smith
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To: Terry L Smith
All that you prposed doing, as it stands in America today, would be reviving the infamous puritanical ‘blue lawsx, that existed in the 1950’s,

I did not say that, while that simply kept most stores on Sunday closed, which helped preserve the family, reflected the Constitutional character of America far more than the liberalism that replaced it. You simply cannot have a country whose moral laws do not reflect distinctive beliefs, thus they vary, even while called secular, To insist liberalism is what the Founders believed in is to impose that upon history.

Nor would I care to see any anti-witchcraft law, since the religion of Wicca has been part of a military chaplains’ manual since 1976, and is legally recognized by the V.A. since 2007. (Did you know the 1st witch was hung on this continent just 27 years after the Mayflower dropped anchor?)

So you really believe that getting the country back to God includes hanging witches, yet the theocracy that did that would also censure that "back to God" preachers liker Jerry Falwell Sr.

Or do you believe that the 1st Amendment means all religious practices must be allowed. Actually, while freedom of religion in its plurality is protected, yet freedom of religion is limited in accordance with the beliefs of the state as to whether it crosses a line where it imposes a great or permanent degree of clear physical harm. Thus the 1st Amendment will not enable a religion that practices female mutilation or starving children to death to do so.

If homosexuality was a religion, then the practice of sodomy would be banned or restricted, as would the consensual practice of the Lord's supper if it also was the cause of HIV transmission in over 80% of cases among men, and at significant cost to taxpayers for prevention and treatment .

However, the state is not to forbid the general theology that is behind actions, and while witchcraft chaplains are a distressing sign of increasingly post-Christian America, I do not see Restorationists wanting to outlaw all other faiths but their own, though due to the theocratic nature of Islam and beliefs that are antithetical to American values many support outlawing it like as a practice such as .

However, your response to "How Do You Witness to Those in Cults and Other Religions?" makes it sound like you want to curtail the freedom to do so, as if that was in line with the 1st Ammenment as understood up until modern times.

And all in all, you still have not provided much of any details that explains your opposition to the article of the OP.

168 posted on 03/07/2020 4:24:42 PM PST by daniel1212 ( Trust the risen Lord Jesus to save you as a damned and destitute sinner + be baptized + follow Him)
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