10-08-2005, 09:49 PM | #461 |
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Righto. All it says is that the State can't have authority over the Church and establish a state religion. This was added in order to protect the Church from being dominated by the government, as the Church of England had been.
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Ohhhhh. I see. But it is acceptable to mandate that students in public schools be mandatorily taught a religion-based, faith-based scientific theory in school?
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10-08-2005, 09:57 PM | #465 |
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Children are impossible to debate with. Do you have a problem with the idea of separating church from state, Curubethion? Do you feel that it is wrong to separate church from state?
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Curubethion - you've got it the wrong way around. The clause is not so that the Church isn't dominated by the State... it's so the State isn't dominated by the Church. Or rather, it is both:
" Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;" This has consistently been interpreted as mandating a separation of church and state (the separatist view) as originated by Thomas Jefferson.
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10-08-2005, 11:43 PM | #468 |
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from reading comprehension impaired liberal thinkers
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my sentiments
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There are conservative thinkers as well who think that, Spock.
And you really like that cartoon, no?
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Part of why I started the thread in the first place (which unfortunately got merged and swallowed up in another thread ) was that it fascinated me to see and analyze the TYPE of words flying around from both sides. From what I saw, the people against the Kansas City changes in the curriculum were the ones that resorted to playground insults. I didn't see the childish insults, like "pinheads" (!), coming from the other side. I found that fascinating, and very illuminating, because in my experience, the side that has to retort to insults first is the one with less substance on their side. Quote:
I think we're a pretty cool community here. Some of my best friends here are atheist evolutionists And I try to be considerate to them by not making wholesale assumptions and statements about atheists or evolutionists when I post. I think we should all do that - it would make things a lot nicer, IMO. So, to answer your question, IMO an uber-evolutionist is someone who is obnoxious, close-minded, and insulting, among other unpleasant things, when it comes to discussing evolution/creation/ID. Not all evolutionists are like that, thank goodness. I don't know - I guess I just don't care for humor that tears people down, especially your friends. This kind of thing can just go on and on, and get worse and worse. There's all sorts of cartoons out there making fun of liberals, etc., that are very insulting. And I think they have MORE than a grain of truth in them! But I just don't think it does any good to post them. But that's just me. (ps - and did you see where I asked someone on "my side" to not make wholesale statements about liberals?)
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hey, shouldn't this stuff be in the constitution thread i made a while back? it seems like were off topic
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Yes we are. PLEASE STAY ON TOPIC FOLKS.........
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