RE: The Atheist and Marco Rubio
January 23, 2016 at 2:35 pm
(This post was last modified: January 23, 2016 at 2:36 pm by Catholic_Lady.)
(January 23, 2016 at 2:09 pm)Cecelia Wrote:(January 23, 2016 at 1:43 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: What was it he said that makes him a "dirt bag?"
How about the fact that he says that you can't understand America if you don't think that America was founded on Judeo-Christian values. It wasn't. There were many people who held Juedo-Christian Values, but that does not mean that America was founded on those values. One may find the word "creator" only in the Declaration of Independence. Nowhere is God or any sort of creator mentioned in the only legal document that matters--the constitution. Our rights come from the constitution. No matter how much theists wish it to be so. Their God had no involvement in the founding of our country. The good news is this means that nobody else's god did either. It's very much a dirtbag thing to suggest that our rights come from 'god'.
Don't you think the values of the people of the time played a role in the values of they created for the culture/society, though? I think that's all he was saying.
Edit to add: and by "values" I don't mean belief in God... I mean what specifically *comes* from that. Believing in freedom, justice, etc.
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
-walsh
-walsh
