At 01:09 PM 9/21/2010, you wrote:
But it's well known you've never missed a chance on these email
lists to cause trouble with me.
Yes, because it's so easy to rile you up!
Well, I'm fine with my god, the question is, are you?
No, I'm not, but you of course have every right to believe in him.
As to whether hsecular humanists can still be good socially
responsible and empathic people with clearly defined values and
morals, I suggest you check out a book that thoroughly explores the
topic.
http://www.amazon.com/Can-We-Good-Without-God/dp/1573929743
And, not being an American, I offer the following quotations from
your founding fathers, who were quite concerned about any one
religion becoming overly dominant or connected to political power:
"The United States is in no sense founded upon the Christian
doctrine." George Washington
"It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods
or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg."
Thomas Jefferson
"I do not believe in the creed professed by the Jewish church, by
the Roman church, by the Greek church, by the Turkish church, by
the Protestant church, nor by any church that I know of, My own
mind is my own church." Thomas Paine
"I do not find in orthodox Christianity one redeeming feature."
Thomas Jefferson
"The Bible is not my book, and Christianity is not my religion. I
could never give assent to the long, complicated statements Of
Christian dogma."
Abraham Lincoln
and, this is my last post on the topic. May the thread die a quick
death.
Chris
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