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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
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To: PROLIFE who wrote (507711)12/11/2003 6:27:00 PM
From: geode00  Read Replies (1) of 769667
 
Do you not feel any country could be a decent country if it is an Islamic Republic?

I believe in the separation of church and state. One of these days, we may actually achieve that in the US. Current organized religions are exclusionary by their very nature (we're holy, you're not) so they don't BY DEFINITION work for everyone within the geographic confines of a country. It's like trying to put a circular framework on top of a square one...there's always someone who is excluded.

I don't know what you mean by a, "decent" country. There is nothing stopping a country based on any major religion from being a good neighbor. Just as democracy doesn't guarantee a liberal socio-economic country, religion doesn't necessarily negate it.

I suppose it is always possible to have a religion-based constitution if the religion is secularism. Kind of makes one's head spin just thinking about the possibilities.

Thanks for the link...!
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