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Hekate

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14. In this country we are supposed to jusge people on their behavior vis a vis secular law...

Reply to ForgoTheConsequence (Reply #7)

Sun Jun 12, 2016, 12:49 PM

Jun 2016

....not on ther personal beliefs about gods or the lack thereof. Just as secular law allows a person to accumulate guns and to believe that someone will take them all away, right up until the point their behavior changes and they try to overthrow the government. Then they discover limitations.

Secular laws are what we agree on in a democracy.

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Can fundamentalist religion and liberal democracies co-exist? [View all] ForgoTheConsequence Jun 2016 OP

Yes ShrimpPoboy Jun 2016 #1

Fundamentalist understandings of these religions often require violence and submission. ForgoTheConsequence Jun 2016 #2

They usually dont though. ShrimpPoboy Jun 2016 #8

Be specific Hekate Jun 2016 #9

If the religion's book condones anti-democratic behavior, no. nt SusanCalvin Jun 2016 #3

Since I do not live in a liberal Democracy I do not know. gordianot Jun 2016 #4

Sure, right up until the former kills off all the later. linuxman Jun 2016 #5

We always got along with Holy Rollers before Ralph Reed & Co. decided to exploit them... Hekate Jun 2016 #6

I'm not using liberal in the American political sense, but the philosophical sense. ForgoTheConsequence Jun 2016 #7

In this country we are supposed to jusge people on their behavior vis a vis secular law... Hekate Jun 2016 #14

I agree. ForgoTheConsequence Jun 2016 #17

That's why they don't get to establish a theocracy except in small communities like monasteries... Hekate Jun 2016 #24

Reading this thread I see that most of the posts are thinking jwirr Jun 2016 #10

Yes. Just reading posts Jun 2016 #11

They exist outside of society for the most part. ForgoTheConsequence Jun 2016 #18

Then yes again. Just reading posts Jun 2016 #21

In general, no. Zynx Jun 2016 #12

No. smirkymonkey Jun 2016 #13

no TimeToEvolve Jun 2016 #15

In a free society, yes Agnosticsherbet Jun 2016 #16

Free society doesn't mean you're free to oppress and murder. ForgoTheConsequence Jun 2016 #20

People can be free to hate and still be held responsible Agnosticsherbet Jun 2016 #30

No. Joe the Revelator Jun 2016 #19

Depends on what "fundamentalist" means. dawg Jun 2016 #22

I don't think so rockfordfile Jun 2016 #23

NO. kairos12 Jun 2016 #25

Yes, of course. cali Jun 2016 #26

Mixing people of different cultures and faiths together has the potential to be problematic. n/t RKP5637 Jun 2016 #27

No KansDem Jun 2016 #28

Yep! Well said! n/t RKP5637 Jun 2016 #29

No. roamer65 Jun 2016 #31

Absolutely, provided that the latter is dominant. N.T. Donald Ian Rankin Jun 2016 #32