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Old 11-25-2013, 12:51 PM
 
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Almost every thread regarding the "inequality of wealth" contains a mention about rich people not having "morals".

You want "morals" in a nation which you want to have no religion.

How is this possible?
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Old 11-25-2013, 12:54 PM
 
Location: By the sea, by the sea, by the beautiful sea
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Almost every thread regarding the "inequality of wealth" contains a mention about rich people not having "morals".

You want "morals" in a nation which you want to have no religion.

How is this possible?
Very simple, religion IS NOT a requirement for morality.
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Old 11-25-2013, 12:58 PM
 
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Religion doesn't have a monopoly on morals. If you need a fear of hell and eternal damnation to be moral then you aren't really moral - just scared into compliance.
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Old 11-25-2013, 01:00 PM
 
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I suppose you know better than the founding fathers?
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Old 11-25-2013, 01:05 PM
 
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Almost every thread regarding the "inequality of wealth" contains a mention about rich people not having "morals".

You want "morals" in a nation which you want to have no religion.

How is this possible?
Lol. One of the greatest freedoms we have in this country is that there is NO state religion and that every.single.citizen has the freedom to believe (or not) as an individual.

And you can't deal with it.

No one hates the First Amendment, and our Constitution, more than the RWNJ's. They can't stand the fact that millions of people actually USE their rights as citizens. Quite remarkable.
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Old 11-25-2013, 01:07 PM
 
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Religion doesn't have a monopoly on morals. If you need a fear of hell and eternal damnation to be moral then you aren't really moral - just scared into compliance.
Cons love to spout that liberals have been brainwashed, never realizing that religion is the biggest brainwash of all time. That's how brainwashed they are, it doesn't even occur to them.
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Old 11-25-2013, 01:07 PM
 
Location: Los Angeles County, CA
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Very simple, religion IS NOT a requirement for morality.
What is your standard of morality?
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Old 11-25-2013, 01:08 PM
 
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Almost every thread regarding the "inequality of wealth" contains a mention about rich people not having "morals".

You want "morals" in a nation which you want to have no religion.

How is this possible?
I'm not a religious person, though I do believe in God. But just because I don't go to church or follow any sort of (man made) doctrine does not mean that I am without morality.

People don't need God to be moral human beings.....

Though your post does beg the question: how can people who claim a belief in the Lord reconcile a belief that the poor and the meek are of less value than the rich and powerful?
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Old 11-25-2013, 01:10 PM
 
Location: Georgia, on the Florida line, right above Tallahassee
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Morals change. Just like religions.

Would you believe Elvis spanked a girl in a movie?
http://www.tonkoorevaar.be/Always-El...s-spanking.bmp

So dd John Wayne.
http://wp.patheos.com.s3.amazonaws.c.../2012/07/0.jpg

He's really into it.
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...eL._SX385_.jpg


It was morally right, at the time.
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Old 11-25-2013, 01:12 PM
 
Location: Los Angeles County, CA
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Though your post does beg the question: how can people who claim a belief in the Lord reconcile a belief that the poor and the meek are of less value than the rich and powerful?
Harrier has studied the three major monotheistic religions and he can find nothing in them that supports what you claim.
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