> -----Original Message----- > From: Chesty Puller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2007 9:50 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Ron Paul quotes Sinclair Lewis, 'When fascism comes to > this country it will be wrapped in a flag and carrying a cross'... > > Sam - he's saying that the viewpoints of other people who base their > votes > on their faith are irrelevant. People ought to be able to separate > what > they believe in their hearts from how they vote. People should be > voting for > a presidential candidate based on everything except his moral compass, > which > really ought to be either nothing or an insulting made up false > religion > meant to do nothing but degrade the people he accuses of herd > mentality. > Man stuff just flies right over your head.
I'd only argue the (perhaps unintentional) implication that religion provides a moral compass. More specifically the idea, which I don't think you were promoting here (but that does arise), that without religion there is no moral compass. Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:248593 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
