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Originally Posted by The Reaper
IMHO, there has been a concerted effort by libs and secular progressives to denigrate the religious nature of the Founding Fathers, such as the extensive use of Jefferson's quote re separation of church and state and the prohibition on an established state church (like the Church of England), versus his separate comments about the importance of religion...
In fact, most of the FF were very religious, so much that they would likely be labeled fundamentalist today.
I believe that we have mistaken the legitimate of the state selecting one religion to follow and endorsing it as the official religion rather than the allowance of all Christian religions should be free to practice as they wish, with tolerance of those as other faiths.
I do not believe that they would endorse the current policy of deliberate efforts to subvert Christianity and to deny Christians the right to practice their faith, while making gross accomodations of other "minority" faiths.
Just my .02, YMMV.
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IMHO there has been a concerted effort by the Conservative Christian movement to profess that morality can come only from religious belief. I belive this to be dead wrong and that there have been many good-hearted, right-minded men and women throughout history who did not hold to any faith in God.
Of course one of the many things that make our country great is the ability to "agree to disagree" without resorting to violence. I respect your opinion just as I respect the opinion of just about anyone who puts rational thought into that which they voice. I also respect the right granted by the supreme law of this land of Christians, Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, Pagans, Agnostics, Atheists, and everyone else to belive whatever they choose to believe and worship however they choose to worship so long as doing so does not inhibit the freedom of others to do the same.
FWIW, I'm far from liberal. I try to eschew labels, but I would consider my political beliefs as close to libertarianism as anything else.
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Originally Posted by CSB
the kids were probably being smartasses.
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You, sir, are most likely correct.