RE: The Separation of Church and State
November 12, 2009 at 5:16 pm
(This post was last modified: November 12, 2009 at 5:20 pm by Rhizomorph13.)
That is, of course, part of it but I would think that another motivating force would be due to an adherance to the ideology put forth by our fore-fathers. What I mean is that even a true Christian might understand the need for the seperation of church and state and follow that ideal while creating policy.
The golden rule is a good one.
So, if the majority of the country switched to a religion that believed that a eugenics program should be instituted to perfect the human genome so that our bodies would be perfect hosts for symbiotes from the planet zorch, our elected officials would understand that it would be unethical to enact a law that would require the citizenry to abort children that do not meet the state mandated criteria for acceptable DNA. The real freedom would come from maintaining the legal status of abortion so that people of this religion would have the freedom to practice their kooky religion while not affecting the rest of us.
Sae,
I missed your post in the cross so I would just like to say that I agree with you that church and state should be seperate. I even think that Rjh4 believes this as well. Please correct me if I am wrong Rjh4.
Rhizo
The golden rule is a good one.
So, if the majority of the country switched to a religion that believed that a eugenics program should be instituted to perfect the human genome so that our bodies would be perfect hosts for symbiotes from the planet zorch, our elected officials would understand that it would be unethical to enact a law that would require the citizenry to abort children that do not meet the state mandated criteria for acceptable DNA. The real freedom would come from maintaining the legal status of abortion so that people of this religion would have the freedom to practice their kooky religion while not affecting the rest of us.
Sae,
I missed your post in the cross so I would just like to say that I agree with you that church and state should be seperate. I even think that Rjh4 believes this as well. Please correct me if I am wrong Rjh4.
Rhizo
