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MineralMan

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3. I say that we have ample evidence today that they did NOT get it

Reply to trotsky (Reply #2)

Fri Aug 31, 2018, 03:35 PM

Aug 2018

"exactly right." The "Christian" Right has proven that very well. They are working to make us all their vassals, and doing a pretty damned good job of it. A new Dark Ages is darkly rising. The first one was the work of another religious organization. Now, we face another.

We do not need more religion. We do not need unified religion. We need freedom from religious doctrine, altogether.

Feh!

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From 'Judeo-Christian' to 'Potluck Nation,' Eboo Patel pleads for religious pluralism [View all] guillaumeb Aug 2018 OP

:shrug: MineralMan Aug 2018 #1

The author says when it comes to religious diversity the Founders got it "exactly right." trotsky Aug 2018 #2

I say that we have ample evidence today that they did NOT get it MineralMan Aug 2018 #3

The establishment clause, among other things, guillaumeb Aug 2018 #9

A pity that author has such a limited audience at that website. MineralMan Aug 2018 #4

What they got right was throwing off the yoke of organized religion Major Nikon Aug 2018 #7

Which contradicts MM's position. guillaumeb Aug 2018 #10

Fail Major Nikon Aug 2018 #12

No, you actually struck a discordant note. guillaumeb Sep 2018 #16

"contradict" doesn't mean what you think it means Major Nikon Sep 2018 #21

You really need a better dictionary. guillaumeb Sep 2018 #22

You failed reason along with literacy and logic Major Nikon Sep 2018 #23

Desperately searches RNS looking for anything Voltaire2 Aug 2018 #5

Well, that site is an extraordinarily weak source. MineralMan Aug 2018 #6

Your reponse might have been better, guillaumeb Aug 2018 #11

Just because you don't understand it, doesn't make it invalid Major Nikon Aug 2018 #15

Zero is zero from any direction. guillaumeb Sep 2018 #18

Batting 1000 with the imaginary fan club doesn't mean you made it off zero Major Nikon Sep 2018 #19

... Major Nikon Aug 2018 #13

Intolerance can be fought, guillaumeb Aug 2018 #8

Sure, because the most intolerant are always open to new ideas Major Nikon Aug 2018 #14

An intolerant remark on your part. guillaumeb Sep 2018 #17

Fail Major Nikon Sep 2018 #20