(March 15, 2013 at 12:17 pm)jstrodel Wrote: I know how the system is setup.
Do you? It doesn't seem so.
(March 15, 2013 at 12:17 pm)jstrodel Wrote: You are not making any argument defending the current system, you are making an argument from authority.
I'm not making an argument.
(March 15, 2013 at 12:17 pm)jstrodel Wrote: It is wrong to force people to pay for an education system that goes against the values God has given to people, and in a country that is 80% Christian, people have every right to challenge the way that the system is setup.
I agree - not about the god-given values bullshit. But I do agree that it is wrong to make people pay for a system that goes against their values. So those who are anti-war should not pay for national security and those who are anarchists should not pay taxes at all.
But, that's not the way things work.
(March 15, 2013 at 12:17 pm)jstrodel Wrote: You are defending tyranny.
Nope.
(March 15, 2013 at 12:17 pm)jstrodel Wrote: I am not saying people should be forced to pay for a Christian education, but they should not be forced to pay for a secular education.
And anarchists shouldn't pay any taxes at all.
(March 15, 2013 at 12:17 pm)jstrodel Wrote: I challenge you to prove to me, based on a trans-cultural perception of ethics, why I should accept the present system, which taxes my money which I worked for and uses it to pay for things that are against the most important thing to me, my faith.
Why would I try to prove something I don't agree with?
(March 15, 2013 at 12:17 pm)jstrodel Wrote: Why should my money go to be used to promote liberalism? Why should I ethically, be obligated to pay for research and education that comes from a naturalistic perspective?
You shouldn't. But there is a catch - if you don't pay for it, you cannot use its products either. Most of the advances in science, medicine and defense are the product of a liberal and naturalistic educational system. If you want to take advantage of the fruits, you water the tree it grows on.
