(March 16, 2013 at 12:13 pm)jstrodel Wrote: America is 80% Christian. There is nothing unreasonable about wanting the system to reflect the interests of the majority, or at least allow the majority an option of putting their tax dollars elsewhere.
You don't realize how authoritarian you are.
Is is absolutely unreasonable for the US system of government to reflect the majority if the majority wants something that is unconstitutional. The majority doesn't always get what they want if what they want tramples on the rights of the minority.
The US is a secular country in that our form of government is not at all based on any religion. The Founding Fathers went out of their way to assure this because they saw the results of theocracies in Europe.
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
