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Amen.
And amen.
Great topic, and well-articulated.
Good job! |
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I believe that the Founding Fathers were Deist Freemasons who payed lip service to Christianity, the
dominant religion of the day, much like most politicians do today. Privately they worshipped the
Star of Solomon.
I also believe that freedom of religion really means freedom from religion, as most European
settlers in early America were escaping religious persecution in the Old World. |
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Like Grenache said, your debate’s description seems to support two separate sides of the same
issue. So I must disagree due to the fact that I'm unsure what you're really trying to claim. |
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Amendments represent the updates and corrections legally ratified which change both the Preamble and
the Constitution. Here is the 1st Amendment: "Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of
speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the
Government for a redress of grievances." There is your separate of church and state, it wouldn't
matter whether the Preamble or the original Constitution said otherwise. If you don't like it then
pass a new Amendment overriding the 1st Amendment.
Furthermore, how can you fairly legislate Christianity when sizeable portions of the current
population are Jewish, Hindu, Buddhist, Muslim, and many others? The ship sailed a long time ago on
making this a theocracy... Unless you plan some horrible oppression or atrocity of those other
religions groups when you repeal the 1st Amendment? |
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"God-given (not man-given) rights"
Really? You show me some evidence that a all powerful being has taken any interest in your life and
then we will talk. What you are suffering from is human egotism. Where are the animals god given
rights? Humans only have "rights" because they are in power over everything else. Where are the
American soldiers "rights" when they get captured by the terrorists? |
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22 Aug 2008 15:03
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