Ever read The Handmaid's Tale, or seen the movie? But that is one scenario if the US gets taken over by Christian fundametalists. It's a very scary prospect. Yay for separation of Church and State. Please let us keep it separate.
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Is the US a Christian Nation?
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Posts: 36509 (05/11/05 09:11:29) «(1ik35 1uN4Ri5' Pi3)» |
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Posts: 2516 (05/18/05 19:27:16) Trust your technolust. |
To be sure, neither the Koran nor the Bible are bad things to live by, taken as a moral guide and not as a book of "orders," or, if you will, commandments.
The US is halfway between seperation and very conflicting with itself, as any nation founded by [religious] pilgrims who wanted to escape persecution would be. We would -like- to be completely free of religion, but there is a sort of cultural, historical, and traditional momentum behind any holiday, religious or not (view: Colombus Day). Elucidating Apathy I know! Let's cut his entire body off! |
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Posts: 1071 (05/19/05 00:12:38) Dragons Rage Within |
At this point, I'd usually say something about looking to the past to not repeat their mistakes, but this is actually a pretty modern dilemma. I think this is the first time in history that a nation that was founded on any type of religious principles has tried to eradicate those very priciples and stand on its own moral feet.
And you can't fight the tears that ain't coming Or the moment of truth in your lies When everything feels like the movies Yeah, you bleed just to know you're alive ~ Iris, Goo Goo Dolls |
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Posts: 583 (06/11/06 05:26:55) Celibacy isnt a vegetable |
it really shouldnt matter...labeling ourselves christian or whatever just causes more trouble than anything.
IMO this "war" america has going on right now is not a political war...it's a religious war...i don't really know what else to say except to reiterate that labeling ourselves just causes trouble... read The End of Faith by Sam Harris...he explains it much better than I can. "Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation"
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umaeril |
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Posts: 36509 (06/11/06 17:58:34) «(1ik35 1uN4Ri5' Pi3)» |
*waves to Zebo*
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Posts: 1821 (06/13/06 21:45:24) The Doctor |
No, Zebo I think this war is an economic war. We consume more then half of the worlds oil...and we need more.
That and Bush, and Cheyenne and all their cronies have stock in major oil companies. Cheyenne (the evil puppet master) inparticular has HUGE amounts of stock in Haliburton, as he was their CEO (or was it VP? Well, something like that) for awhile. How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live. -Henry David Thoreau Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. -Ralph Waldo Emerson Why yes, WE ARE MADE OF AWESOME! |
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