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Atheists & Agnostics

Warren Stupidity

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15. thank you.

Reply to kiri (Reply #7)

Wed May 13, 2015, 07:44 AM

May 2015

You are exactly right. At best we have laws formulated within our system of government to enforce christianity, or christian customs, on people. We can look to the non-christian greek and roman civilizations for where we got our ideas about government from.

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Alana Massey: Taking Christ out of Christianity [View all] chervilant May 2015 OP

This message was self-deleted by its author Pacifist Patriot May 2015 #1

Indeed, habits are difficult to break. chervilant May 2015 #11

Thanks. This line cracked me up. onager May 2015 #2

LOL +1 n/t trotsky May 2015 #4

A mental version of waterboarding... chervilant May 2015 #13

My only objection to such a term... trotsky May 2015 #3

Actually, I think that many things in our culture are associated with Christianity. Curmudgeoness May 2015 #5

Oh certainly, but I'm thinking of things like democracy, civil rights, freedom of religion, etc. trotsky May 2015 #6

Our laws are NOT based on the Bible kiri May 2015 #7

I am thinking more of the laws on the books Curmudgeoness May 2015 #8

Yep, Thomas Jefferson researched that one... onager May 2015 #14

thank you. Warren Stupidity May 2015 #15

I can see myself becoming a "cultural Buddhist" Binkie The Clown May 2015 #9

but I recognize the pull of thousands of years of history and tradition. AlbertCat May 2015 #10

Some years ago, I had an interesting discussion with a fairly 'religious' friend chervilant May 2015 #12