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theophilus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-12-06 07:44 AM Original message |
Democracy CANNOT exist among people who are religious FANATICS. |
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BlueEyedSon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-12-06 07:45 AM Response to Original message |
1. of course not, religion has its own law & power hierarchy |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-12-06 07:46 AM Response to Original message |
2. fanatics or extremists of any stripe, for that matter |
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M_Moretti (15 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-12-06 07:55 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Political dogmatics are as dangerous as religious ones |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-12-06 08:16 AM Response to Reply #6 |
10. yep, exactly |
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nuxvomica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-12-06 08:22 AM Response to Reply #2 |
14. Yes it's not religion per se but belief in "ultimate truth" |
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theophilus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-12-06 08:28 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. The Founders were creatures of the Enlightenment. Our population |
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deaniac21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-12-06 10:05 AM Response to Reply #14 |
26. I thought that we, at DU, wre in possession of the ultimate |
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nuxvomica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-12-06 12:31 PM Response to Reply #26 |
38. Not at all |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-12-06 12:39 PM Response to Reply #14 |
39. It's not the possession of ultimate or even |
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tanyev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-12-06 07:47 AM Response to Original message |
3. Good point. |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-12-06 07:51 AM Response to Original message |
4. In the US, the Evangelical strain is very old. |
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theophilus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-12-06 08:12 AM Response to Reply #4 |
9. Very astute point. I am a Christian and reject the Rapture |
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B3Nut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-12-06 08:40 AM Response to Reply #4 |
18. Tim LaHaye didn't introduce the Rapture |
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theophilus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-12-06 08:45 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Thanks for that information. It needs to be widely known. n/t |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-12-06 01:32 PM Response to Reply #18 |
40. No, but he's the latest one to get rich off the concept. |
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mrcheerful (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-12-06 07:55 AM Response to Original message |
5. No the fundies have a long history of trying to gain control of the united |
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M_Moretti (15 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-12-06 08:16 AM Response to Reply #5 |
11. Sorry, but you need to substantiate that bit of propaganda |
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mrcheerful (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-12-06 09:25 AM Response to Reply #11 |
24. Hmmmmmmm 12 posts. |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-12-06 10:38 AM Response to Reply #11 |
30. As someone who is a target of fundies |
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Hell Hath No Fury (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-12-06 10:44 AM Response to Reply #11 |
32. Someone is unclear... |
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paparush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-12-06 07:58 AM Response to Original message |
7. The United States USED to practice Separation of Church/State. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-12-06 07:59 AM Response to Original message |
8. Totally agree. |
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SpecialK (83 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-12-06 08:18 AM Response to Original message |
12. My favorite punk band once sang... |
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tocqueville (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-12-06 08:21 AM Response to Original message |
13. Religion cannot be democratic BY DEFINITION |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-12-06 08:24 AM Response to Original message |
15. Same goes for Fundamentalist Capitalists |
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theophilus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-12-06 08:29 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Greed kills! n/t |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-12-06 08:48 AM Response to Original message |
20. the more guilty politicians get the more religion we're fed |
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mccoyn (512 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-12-06 09:19 AM Response to Reply #20 |
23. I reminds me of something I read recently. |
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theophilus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-12-06 09:32 AM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Framing it with Christian teaching: Jesus said, "Why do you call me Lord, |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-12-06 08:57 AM Response to Original message |
21. You are correct. Democracy and fundamental religion are antithetical. |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-12-06 09:07 AM Response to Original message |
22. i`ll agree with what you said |
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realisticphish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-12-06 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
27. Any system |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-12-06 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
28. the Abraham religions (Islam, Judaism, Christianity) |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-12-06 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
29. You need to define "democracy" |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-12-06 10:49 AM Response to Reply #29 |
34. One small correction |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-12-06 11:20 AM Response to Reply #34 |
35. "pressed to death with stones" |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-12-06 12:21 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. It was done to the only man accused of witchcraft |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-12-06 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
31. Theocracies also start eating their own |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-12-06 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
33. "Power corrupts..." No matter who wields it. |
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ComerPerro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-12-06 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
36. I don't believe in "true" Christians, just like I don't believe in |
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