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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank
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To: Lane3 who wrote (73388)8/27/2003 11:03:38 AM
From: Solon  Read Replies (1) of 82486
 
"The residual artifacts can be treated as historical artifacts and/or ceremonial by the secular and as holy relics by the Christians"

They CAN be, but in the absence of established principle it is simply capricious and problematic. I think it needs to be confronted head to head...not all at once but with a final goal of neutralizing the State as regards religion. You may be capable of considering this or that as an "artifact", but a fanatic is not. If we are to survive on certain principles of humanity then we ought to thrash out those principles and enshrine them in our social institutions.
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