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Old 10-19-2016, 12:08 PM
 
Location: N. Fort Myers, FL
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Sadly, for many the Truth will not go away, so they hide behind a mask of idiocy.
yes, and the Bible verifies that this is God's plan, which makes no sense to me, either; but then, who needs a god they can understand lol. i seek the Unknown God. mammon i get, and molech i get.
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Old 10-19-2016, 12:09 PM
 
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I think devoutly religious people who run for public office have every right to try to impose their religious beliefs on other people. If that's what their conscience tells them to do, then it is perfectly appropriate for them to do so.

However. That doesn't mean they have the right to succeed at it. We have constitutional mechanisms in place to prevent them from doing that, and I expect those mechanisms to be employed whenever religion tries to force its nose under the tent flap. So let them do what their hearts tell them they must, and every time they do, use the courts to stop them. That's the way our government was designed to work, and I think it's a good system.
...but then, your wedding is not getting drone-bombed, huh.

"Those who say religion has nothing to do with politics do not know what religion means."
Mahatma Gandhi

18When that day comes, you will cry out because of the king you’ve chosen for yourselves, l but the LORD won’t answer you on that day.” 
vote wisely.
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Old 10-19-2016, 01:39 PM
 
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...but then, your wedding is not getting drone-bombed, huh.

"Those who say religion has nothing to do with politics do not know what religion means."
Mahatma Gandhi

18When that day comes, you will cry out because of the king you’ve chosen for yourselves, l but the LORD won’t answer you on that day.” 
vote wisely.
I'm sorry, but I'm not sure what that means.
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Old 10-19-2016, 01:48 PM
 
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I'm sorry, but I'm not sure what that means.
ah. which one?
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Old 10-19-2016, 01:53 PM
 
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I think devoutly religious people who run for public office have every right to try to impose their religious beliefs on other people. If that's what their conscience tells them to do, then it is perfectly appropriate for them to do so.

However. That doesn't mean they have the right to succeed at it. We have constitutional mechanisms in place to prevent them from doing that, and I expect those mechanisms to be employed whenever religion tries to force its nose under the tent flap. So let them do what their hearts tell them they must, and every time they do, use the courts to stop them. That's the way our government was designed to work, and I think it's a good system.
you are thinking logically, it has no place in today's world. Just look at the two dopes we have to vote for.
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Old 10-19-2016, 03:16 PM
 
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religion and politics are two peas in a pod. you cannot have one without the other.
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Old 10-19-2016, 04:46 PM
 
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religion and politics are two peas in a pod. you cannot have one without the other.
I would agree. people are people first and for most. People are in politics and people are in religion.
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Old 10-19-2016, 09:51 PM
 
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Video | Real Life Catholic | Reminding the World of the Truth, Beauty and Power of the Gospel

What he says is very true. Freedom of religion, even in the town square, or it's no freedom at all.

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Old 10-20-2016, 10:15 AM
 
Location: N. Fort Myers, FL
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thus, anarchy is the only moral choice.
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Old 10-20-2016, 10:27 AM
 
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thus, anarchy is the only moral choice.
Absolutely!
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