From: ghost_of_morphy@hotmail.com
To sum up this rather lengthy rant, Americans have a freedom of religion,
not a freedom from religion.
"Nadacomin" wrote in message
news:20031212223515.21716.00000527@mb-m26.aol.com...
> You anti-Christians are missing the boat on the subject of separation of
church
> and state.
> You cannot expect others, who are elected to office, or in any other
position,
> to not make decisions and conduct themselves according to thier religious
> beliefs and faith.
> Separation of church and state was intended to provide freedom of religion
for
> US citizens. It was intended to get away from the concept of an
established
> church, in which you were expected to be a member, and, which some of your
tax
> money went to support.
> I heard years ago, that many nations in Europe still have established
churches,
> and, those churches get a certain amount of money from the government.
> There is no constitutional law, or any other law, which prohibits office
> holders or anyone else from being religious, or, making decisions based on
> religious teachings, faith, or, religious upbringing.
> Even people who claim they are atheists, agnostics, non religious, or,
> followers of non christian religions, have gotten much of thier value
system
> indirectly from Christianity or other religions. And, many of the values
and
> taboos of christianity are shared by moslems, jews, hindus and other
religions.
>
> Let me give you a graphic example. There is a big party they have in Bay
City,
> Michigan every year, on Midland street, that is hick town northern
Michigan's
> version of Mardi Gras. Midland street is a row of bars, on both sides of
the
> street.
> On that day, there are so many people on the street, that the cops cannot
> effectively enforce petty rules.
> Some of my pals that were there a few years back, said they saw this
blonde
> babe sucking some guy's cock right on the street corner.
> Now, the law against sucking a cock in the middle of the street is
probably
> "faith" or religious based. What else could it be based on? It doesn't
harm
> anyone. It doesn't damage the envirionment. It doesn't steal from anyone,
or
> take tax revenue away from the government.
> And, if you think that the evil things that people in power do could be
> eliminated by eliminated by trying to eliminate all vestiges of religion
in
> connection with law and public affairs, you should quit smoking crack.
> Examples could be the former Soviet Union, or Red China, or, any other
> communist nation. Communism comes closer to "your" ideas of church and
state.
> But, officials in those nations have committed plenty of brutality agains
thier
> citizens, thier slaves, and, their prisoners.
> And, the Chinese, while claiming to be non religious, are very tight assed
when
> it comes to the subject of sexuality. Try smuggling some fuckbooks into
China
> and see what happens to you.
> Right, wrong or indifferent, the Chinese act like puritans, without
> Christianity.
> I wonder what the tight assed Chinese thought of Monica Lewinsky sucking
> President Clinton's cock in the white house, and, that little cigar trick
they
> did!
> Also, one of the nation's greatest Democrats, President Jimmy Carter, is a
> Christian, and, much of what he did in office, and, much of what he does
now,
> is based on faith. Whether you agree with his politics or not, you can't
avoid
> the fact that he has done alot for people over the years.
> Too bad he isn't a little younger. He would make a damn good democratic
> candidate for 2004.
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