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Originally Posted by OICU812
As silly as it might sound to an atheist, there needs to be something greater, something eternal that says you have these unalienable rights, some higher authority to prevent simple men, who happened to have won a general election, from taking all of your rights and liberty away from you. Hello Communist China, and North Korea.
I think it would sound damn silly to anyone capable of thinking. Just what is it that makes you believe anyone who doesn't believe in a higher power necessarily thinks it OK to usurp the human rights of others?
Your illogic seems clearly spelled out in the way you mention those who have won a general election and and China/North Korea in the same electronic breath. Just WHAT do general elections have to do with China/North Korea?
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I think it would sound damn silly to anyone capable of thinking. Just what is it that makes you believe anyone who doesn't believe in a higher power necessarily thinks it OK to usurp the human rights of others?
Your illogic seems clearly spelled out in the way you mention those who have won a general election and and China/North Korea in the same electronic breath. Just WHAT do general elections have to do with Chins/North Korea?
Actually, the poster you were responding to brings to light the very reason that men wrote the Bible. To keep ignorant humans in line...so to speak. Superstition and Mythology are powerful tools to reign in the masses.
I personally put much more stock in "The Chariot of The Gods" school of thought.
While I do not think Obama wants to take away our rights, he does believe in an all powerful federal government, with increased powers to the executive branch. I think he would feel comfortable as a quasi Marxist dictator-in-chief.
Is there really any point in responding to such a stupid post?
Nobody, including President Obama, believes in "an all powerful federal government".
For instance, President Obama does not believe that the federal government should have the power to prohibit women from getting abortions or contraceptives, whereas many conservatives, including at least one Republican presidential candidate, do.
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Originally Posted by sickofnyc
Actually, the poster you were responding to brings to light the very reason that men wrote the Bible. To keep ignorant humans in line...so to speak. Superstition and Mythology are powerful tools to reign in the masses.
I personally put much more stock in "The Chariot of The Gods" school of thought.
I have yet to hear a sensible argument from those who believe morality/ethics are somehow dependent on belief in a higher power.
As silly as it might sound to an atheist, there needs to be something greater, something eternal that says you have these unalienable rights, some higher authority to prevent simple men, who happened to have won a general election, from taking all of your rights and liberty away from you. Hello Communist China, and North Korea.
You're right. It does sound silly. Contrary to what you seem to believe, morality and religion are not mutually inclusive.
If the country was founded on the ideas and beliefs on Christianity why is it that the country continues to bow to minority groups? Is it really a big deal if there is a time for prayer before school or that God is a word in the Pledge? Really? I mean really? People need to get a life and stop focusing on small stuff.
Couple of clues for ya:
GOD does not mean the Christian GOD, and for your infrmation the GOD of Abraham is the same GOD that Muslims, Christians and Jews all worship.
There is a seperation of church and state in this Nation, want your children to worship at school send them to a private school, the state funded schools cannot place one religion above others and by having Christian prayers said in school they would be. Oh and do not forget some people do not believe and they do not want ther children taught any beliefs by the schools, as is their Right.
Children can still pray in school, there is apsolutely no rule against it and so long as there are tests there will be prayer, they just cannot be sponsered or lead by school officials.
Hope that clears up your misconceptions.
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