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Does a secular humanist believe in God?
originally posted by: BuzzyWigs
a reply to: Metallicus
Does a secular humanist believe in God?
This one (myself) is a Deist agnostic. I certainly don't believe in the Abrahamic "God", though.
This country was founded by people who decided to keep church and state separate. THAT is how this country was founded. Not by atheists, and not by Bible-Thumpers.
originally posted by: Foderalover
I would not go so far to say Obama is not a muslim, there are lots of pics of him in muslim garb , wassup with dat ? I honestly thought he was a member of the Jeremiah Wright white hater church since he had to separate himself from the guy when he first was running. I think the only things (not rumors) that made me think he is a muslim are his actions and unwillingness to say the words radical Islam and terrorist all in the same sentence. I think Obama sucks just like Cruz regardless of their religions.
originally posted by: butcherguy
originally posted by: damwel
Politicians and people in authority should be held to a higher standard and jailed when they lie to the public.
I agree.
If it isn't implemented very slowly, we would be left with no politicians.
originally posted by: Metallicus
originally posted by: Krazysh0t
a reply to: Metallicus
How about NO religion should be talked about by candidates? Who said anything about atheism?
If religion is part of who someone is then they have a right to talk about it...even if they are a candidate. I know that I don't want to vote an Atheist into office so I like to know if I have a belief in God in common with a candidate.
I should say vote ANOTHER Atheist in to office because Obama ACTS like a secular atheist even if he pretends to worship God. Actions speak louder than words.
originally posted by: NihilistSanta
Buzzy please explain to me how a theocracy could be created here. I keep seeing claims about this but how does one actually come about? I mean its not like Cruz could change the Supreme Court in such a way that they would suddenly all agree with a theocratic agenda. Did you notice the Gay Marriage ruling this year? I am just curious because I have seen this claim several times but no one explains the actual process of arriving at a theocracy.
originally posted by: Krazysh0t
a reply to: Bluntone22
That's an awfully big stretch. I'd agree he did nothing illegal, but as for doing anything wrong? Lying to children is wrong no matter how you slice it.
On October 3, 1980, just a month before his victory in the Presidential election, Ronald Reagan stopped in Lynchburg, Virginia, to address a convention of the National Religious Broadcasters, whose host was the Reverend Jerry Falwell, pastor of the Thomas Road Baptist Church in Lynchburg and the president of the Moral Majority.
About a year before, the press had begun to report on a campaign, already under way, to mold conservative Christians into a political voting bloc. The leaders of the campaign—a number of political organizers for conservative causes and a number of television evangelists—claimed a constituency of fifty million Protestant evangelicals and thirty million “morally conservative” Catholics, as well as a few million Mormons and Orthodox Jews. The political organizers did not, in spite of their public statements, really expect to enlist this whole constituency or to create a Christian political party. What they expected was that a campaign focussed on such concerns as abortion, homosexuality, and the proposed Equal Rights Amendment might swing sufficient numbers of Catholics and Protestant evangelicals to change the normal voting patterns and the election results.
originally posted by: TheBulk
originally posted by: Krazysh0t
a reply to: Bluntone22
That's an awfully big stretch. I'd agree he did nothing illegal, but as for doing anything wrong? Lying to children is wrong no matter how you slice it.
I would think that you would be way more concerned with how our schools and universities are churning out far left wingers who dont like free speech and want racially segregated "safe spaces".