Editorials & Other Articles

FedUp_Queer

(975 posts) Tue Jan 24, 2012, 04:40 PM Jan 2012

Really Good Article in Smithsonian Magazine About Church/State Separation and Its Origins

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/God-Government-and-Roger-Williams-Big-Idea.html

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Really Good Article in Smithsonian Magazine About Church/State Separation and Its Origins (Original Post) FedUp_Queer Jan 2012 OP

thanks for the link n/t handmade34 Jan 2012 #1

Yessirree. It's a great read. FedUp_Queer Jan 2012 #2

Fascinating read! Thanks! n/t X_Digger Jan 2012 #3

Interesting...... HowHeThinks Jan 2012 #4

This needs to be a film. Bolo Boffin Jan 2012 #5

Cannot reccomend highly enough/nt Alcibiades Jan 2012 #6

handmade34

(22,756 posts)

1. thanks for the link n/t

Reply to FedUp_Queer (Original post)

Tue Jan 24, 2012, 05:06 PM

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FedUp_Queer

(975 posts)

2. Yessirree. It's a great read.

Reply to handmade34 (Reply #1)

Tue Jan 24, 2012, 05:13 PM

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X_Digger

(18,585 posts)

3. Fascinating read! Thanks! n/t

Reply to FedUp_Queer (Original post)

Tue Jan 24, 2012, 05:28 PM

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HowHeThinks

(92 posts)

4. Interesting......

Reply to FedUp_Queer (Original post)

Wed Jan 25, 2012, 05:35 AM

Jan 2012

"Williams believed that preventing error in religion was impossible, for it required people to interpret God’s law, and people would inevitably err".

I wish today's evangelical nut-bags would take heed of this. They think god's (supposed) word in the bible is absolute, or their interpretation of it, that is.

All religions twist their "sacred" texts to fit their political and social agenda to this very day. Old Mr. Williams certainly knew what the heck he was talking about 400 years ago.