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To: newcats
Are you telling me that to be a conservative, one MUST believe in G_d?

No, but many conservative principles, and many conservative social positions are rooted in Judeo-Christian morality (in this country, anyway).

589 posted on 06/17/2002 2:09:22 PM PDT by yendu bwam
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To: yendu bwam
No, but many conservative principles, and many conservative social positions are rooted in Judeo-Christian morality (in this country, anyway.

Like thou shall not kill? Love thy neighbor as thyself? The good Samaratan? ANY of the Beatitudes?
Please give me examples.....
601 posted on 06/17/2002 2:15:59 PM PDT by newcats
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To: yendu bwam
and many conservative social positions are rooted in Judeo-Christian morality

Did you know that ancient Egyptians had marriage and divorce, that women were not property but could divorce their husbands as well. There were democracies in ancient Greece, etc. Scholars pre-existed Christianity.

One might say that humans behave in certain ways due to their evolutionary social nature and that some institutions form naturally, such as cooperative enterprises. Each religion is glad to claim credit for inventing these things, but alas, it is unlikely. They merely borrowed heavily from past behaviors. As they say, there is nothing new under the sun.

602 posted on 06/17/2002 2:17:27 PM PDT by jlogajan
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