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Jnew28

(931 posts)
Mon Apr 18, 2016, 05:16 PM Apr 2016

Time to Really Separate Church and State!

"Did the Constitution fully separate the church from the state? I submit that America embodies a legal fallacy that denies a true separation of church and state. If an elected official believes in a god, and that God is the ultimate guide in one’s life and persuades the individual while conducting public business, does that not infect our democratic process with religious thought? It most definitely does and why we have elected representatives fighting agaPictureinst gay rights, science, global warming, and secretly oppose the long-term reality of Earth remaining in a good standing order, because their God is out to destroy the world through an Armageddon scenario."

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Time to Really Separate Church and State! (Original Post) Jnew28 Apr 2016 OP
freedom of religion . fredoom from religion. freedom from atheisem and freedom of atheisem. allan01 Apr 2016 #1
If an elected official bases their policy decisions on their religious beliefs... cleanhippie Apr 2016 #2
Recommending for BMUS me b zola Apr 2016 #3
Why.... Lars39 Apr 2016 #6
Neither one of her two posts in 24 hours were in the least bit offensive me b zola Apr 2016 #9
Darn! Lars39 Apr 2016 #10
Huh? Please explain. Jnew28 Apr 2016 #8
Freedom from my taxes zentrum Apr 2016 #4
"their God is out to destroy the world through an Armageddon scenario" yortsed snacilbuper Apr 2016 #5
It's well past time to ban all religions here in our America. ileus Apr 2016 #7

cleanhippie

(19,705 posts)
2. If an elected official bases their policy decisions on their religious beliefs...
Mon Apr 18, 2016, 07:41 PM
Apr 2016

Then said policy should be immediately disregarded. If the policy is sound, there will be secular justification for it.

me b zola

(19,053 posts)
9. Neither one of her two posts in 24 hours were in the least bit offensive
Mon Apr 18, 2016, 09:57 PM
Apr 2016

But she was called out in an anti-Bernie sight just prior to this happening.

zentrum

(9,865 posts)
4. Freedom from my taxes
Mon Apr 18, 2016, 07:50 PM
Apr 2016

…going to support political organizations, which also happen to be churches, and who pay no taxes but who hugely effect elections and policy.

yortsed snacilbuper

(7,939 posts)
5. "their God is out to destroy the world through an Armageddon scenario"
Mon Apr 18, 2016, 07:54 PM
Apr 2016

They believe the world is coming to an end anyway, so they don't believe in doing anything to solve our problems!

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