On Sun, Nov 2, 2008 at 12:21 PM, Larry Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >You do realize that a lot of our current laws (theft and murder, for > >example) are based on religious beliefs? > > Nope you're simply wrong here. Its a combination of English Common Law, > which hearkens back to the pagan Anglo Saxon tribal laws, and Roman civil > law. Religions existed long before either of these. > > > > > >You do realize that the a lot of the framers of the Constitution were men > of > >faith? > > Again you're incorrect. Look up Deism. I am not sure how a Deist could not be cnsidered a 'man of faith'. > > > > > >Sorry, but comparing a small minority of conservatives to the Taliban is > as > >offensive and ridiculous as comapring a small group or liberals to > >socialists or marxists. > > You did. I did not. I was specifically comparing Palin's Dominionist > beliefs and affiliations to Christian Nationalism with the Taliban's. Look > up Dominionism and christian nationalism, then tell me its intent is > different than what the taliban wants (and used to have) for Afghanistan. A) Yes, you did. You can split hairs if you like, but if I said you should comapre Obama's 'redistribution of wealth' with the writings of Karl Marx, I am pretty sure some of the Obama supportes in here would have called it offensive.. B) Where has it been proven that she is a Dominionist? Has she come out and said this? Or is it that some of hers beliefs may be, in some way, related to Dominionism, kind of like some of Obama's beliefs may be, in some way, related to socialism or marxism? > > > > > >I am not a religious person. However, I do not think that laws based on > >religious principles (such as though shalt not covet thy neighbors goods) > >are necessarily a bad thing, i would like to think that any resonable > person > >would agree to this point. Though, I do agree that it is a slippery slope > if > >it is taken to far. > > The US has already experienced the results of religious theocracies, think > the Puritans and their laws regarding behavior. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:278019 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
