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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Solon who wrote (15672)	6/5/2001 7:30:15 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 82486

Karen mentioned something in another post which I entirely agree with, to wit: that the world would take a great leap forward if all religions dropped the obscene goal of prosyletizing, interfering, and forcing. Prosyletizing would seem to only be obscene if you start with the idea that the religon is false (and its not necessarily obscene even then). I know you believe that God does not exist, but when possible you should try to phrase your arguments to not rely on that assumption or you will just be "preaching to the choir" <g> As far as forcing goes I agree with you but I don't see a lot of force by religious organizations any more. Tim

To: Solon who wrote (15672)	6/6/2001 5:25:53 AM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

No one is going to hand you a secularized society. Compete in the marketplace of ideas or not, as you choose. As long as people have beliefs, they will act upon them. While we recognize limits to their freedom of action, a free society construes those limits broadly. That is the condition of peace upon which this nation was founded. Let the Amish be Amish; let the the Evangelical hold their revivals; let the Unitarian disavow most Christian traditions; let the secular form their Ethical Culture Societies. Freedom of conscience means just that, that within broad limits, we are able to act on our beliefs as we think best.