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originally posted by: Skadi_the_Evil_Elf
a reply to: beezzer
...If religion ran the government like the Christians want, then over half of everything I believe in would be illegal.
...1. Marriage Equality
2. Human equality
3. Sexual freedom
4. The right of an individual to use any recreational substance in the privacy of their own home or property
5. Evolution and other sciences at odds with the Bible
6. Abortion
7. Birth Control
8. Religious freedom for all
...
originally posted by: maxzen2004
This country was founded with God, it's all over our country's most important documents.
originally posted by: WanDash
Well - if you threw in the "illegalities" of the particular sect I was framed in...you could add quite a few more...with a couple of examples, being:
9. Women cannot wear pants, pant suits, pantaloons, koolots...
10. Women cannot wear makeup or jewelry (other than matrimonial rings)
11. Divorce is virtually the unforgivable sin
So - how would you like that bunch (and there are even multiple sects that are similar, with some being even more oppressive) deciding what goes and doesn't go in this society?
Atheists are legally removing god from our schools, public displays and courthouse buildings. - See more at: www.abovetopsecret.com...
This country was founded with God
I served in the military and I would die for my country and its founding fathers beliefs. Amen
I haven't seen anyone from government saying to believe one way specifically.
originally posted by: DietJoke
a reply to: Murgatroid
Then family is also a cover ... independence = death of the family!
Can't be independent if there is actually a God!
Its about Faith-fulness!
God sends Satan to test us and we fail the instant we turn away from God and act unfaithful to them.
I don't fear Satan ... I FEAR GOD!
originally posted by: solomons path
originally posted by: beezzer
originally posted by: Cuervo
originally posted by: beezzer
The first amendment simply states that government will not establish a state religion.
I haven't seen anyone from government saying to believe one way specifically.
Unless you're talking about the cult of government, that is.
But having "god" in publicly-funded schools is a form of endorsement for a religion. If it said "under a god" or "under divinity" or something non-specific, that might be a bit better but atheists might still have a problem with it.
Personally, it doesn't bother me but I totally get why it bothers others.
I don't know why faith has so many so bothered, honestly.
If you don't want to believe a certain way, then don't.
But I disagree when people TELL me what I should believe, or not.
Nobody is telling you what to believe . . . they are saying . . . Keep it to yourself and keep it out of government. A government that was not founded for or by your god. Unfortunately, the JudeoIslamiChristians can't separate the two and why they've been F'n up the world the its advancement for few millenia.
originally posted by: Dianec
The majority of people in the world believe in a God. Nine out of 10 American's in one poll were shown to believe. We are known as the first truly free Country - free to choose our own God. It doesn't have to be Christian or any specific denomination but rather all under one God - in unity regardless of which path we choose to that god. So to take that away from wording or schools; tradition - all to be crusaders in the world because someone thinks the majority of the world's population is wrong seems off to me.