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To: milo_morai who wrote (54559)	9/12/2001 12:05:22 AM
From: eCo	Read Replies (2) of 275872

Milo:I hope you can see that important difference. America was founded on Religion and "IN GOD WE TRUST" has been the motto for centuries and that Motto is continuing to fade away and you can see how America has been decaying morally. America was founded on the principle that man has certain inalienable rights. This includes the freedom to believe as I choose with respect to religion. I doubt you would trust MY God. It's certainly not in YOUR God I trust. Yet this is my country every bit as much as it is yours. Second, I hope you're not trying to establish causation between the belief in God and morality. History abundantly shows that link is tenuous at best. The moral 'decay' as you put it, IMO is more related to the dissolution of the harmonious family unit predominantly due to increasing work-related stress (because of diminishing returns - often leading to two worker households) compounded by the misapprehension that one must acquire certain specific materialistic milestones in order to be successful - a relative and subjective state which is tragically mistaken for happiness. The divorce rate in this country now stands at 50%. Children raised under these circumstances (particularly in poverty) are often understandably rudderless. I don't doubt, tho, that a strong belief in one God or another can help stabilize some of these situations. Moreover, your assertion that morality is worse today than previous decades is most certainly a misperception based on your extremely limited life experience (as compared to our generations as a species). Do you really believe the dozen compounds and water that is the building blocks of us randomly occured? What intellegence is it to direct 2 cells to divide and divide and decide to form a hand, a eye? Just random luck? I don't think so. You're right...these things evolved by natural selection. But you don't have to take my word for it. I'd be happy to point you to any number of credible scientific references. For the layman, try Richard Dawkin's: The Blind Watchmaker - a classic. eCo

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