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Are you for or against the separation of church and state?
April 11, 2013 at 12:40 am
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I'll be curious to see what the overall results of this poll will be, but I'm even more interested to hear what Christians have to say, particularly those who live in the United States.
But any and every point of view should make for some very interesting discussion.
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RE: Are you for or against the separation of church and state?
April 11, 2013 at 12:53 am
for. Religion has no place in politics.
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RE: Are you for or against the separation of church and state?
April 11, 2013 at 1:17 am
Any fucking preacher who speaks out about political issues should instantly lose his tax exempt status and church property should go on the local property tax roles.
If they want to talk about their silly "god," fine. Anything else...fuck 'em. Pay for it yourself.
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RE: Are you for or against the separation of church and state?
April 11, 2013 at 1:30 am
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I'm against it because it promotes dishonesty and hypocrisy. If you truly believe in a revelation, you should act upon it individually and as a society. Also if people look towards religious leaders for guidance (church) and want God's guidance, why should that be separated from the political atmosphere?
If people want religion out of politics, in my opinion, they should disbelieve in the religion, rather than promote dishonesty and hypocrisy.
As for us minority non-religious, we have to convince society to leave religion, rather, than have them act in a dishonest and hypocritical way with their beliefs.
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RE: Are you for or against the separation of church and state?
April 11, 2013 at 2:29 am
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Make 'em all pay back taxes, all the way to 1789 if they've been around that long.
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RE: Are you for or against the separation of church and state?
April 11, 2013 at 2:30 am
I'm getting soft in my old age.