I agree to an extent. I'm certainly not religious, but find that I have more in common often with those that are than those that aren't; especially politically.
Vivec wrote: > I agree. > > US was founded by religious extremists kicked out of England. > > In England there was a movement to 'purify' the church, hence Puritan. > When people kind of got sick of this fundamentalist movement, the > Puritans were kicked out of england, or at least out of english > government in 1662. > Those puritans who were most offended traveled to America. > > This..'puritanical' outlook seems to somehow have survived through the > centuries though, and it is evident in public policy (Creationism, > Attempts to overturn Abortion Rights, Irrational reaction to sex and > nudity etc. ) > as well as in the Media (Black nipple exposed for two seconds during > the Superbowl was a sin on God and all that is Good). > > In the past Religion was good for setting people's moral > compasses,Education , Medicine etc. > But in the 21st century one shouldn't need religion to have Ethics. > > Of course this may be an over simplification, but it would explain to > some degree this seemingly ultra religious aspect of the US culture > which has become prevalent, and talked about, since the last few > elections. > (Religion played a high role in the Bush elections, and now in the > McCain election). > > 2008/10/14 G Money <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> No sense in sugar coating it.....it's religion. Instead of being instructed >> from a young age that sex is natural and healthy if you are responsible >> about it....we are taught that it's wrong and dirty and secretive and blah >> blah blah. >> >> Why would we teach that? It's not human nature. By nature, we are animals, >> and animals...love sex. I blame the centuries old aversion to sex by >> organized religions, and in particular, Catholicism. >> >> I'm probably opening myself up for religo attacks here, but 16 years of >> Catholic schooling made it quite obvious that they are very good at teaching >> science and math and history, but the entire faith is completely backwards >> when it comes to human sexuality. >> >> Just my opinion...but there ya go. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:274215 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
