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Originally Posted by Sigaba
I think that in your haste you are misreading or reading selectively the posts of people who disagree with your position.
We are not 'backing into' anything. I am suggesting a scenario in which science confirms a matter of faith and that matter of faith then becomes a matter of scientific 'fact.'
Granted, this scenario suggests a paradigm shift of Copernican dimensions and is therefore, according to the late Thomas Kuhn, unlikely, but science does have a tricky way of making the improbable common place.
Considering the fact that Americans are historically a very religious group overall, why should values derived from religious sensibilities not play a pivotal role in the formulation of public policy.
(In anticipation of the separation of the church and state argument, I would ask: are you sure that the separation of church and state exists for the protection of the state and not for the protection of religious freedom?)
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That scientific Copernican argument is over my head. I'll need to do a little research on that.
Values derived from religious sensibilities should not play a role in the formulation of public policy because religion is subjective. Many "sensibilities" existed long before organized religion came on the scene.
To answer your last point: Separation of church and state exists for the protection of the state and religious freedom.