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panfluteman

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12. The Separation of Church and State Was the Wisest Thing That Our Founding Fathers Did
Sun Mar 31, 2019, 11:22 AM
Mar 2019

At that time, at the end of the eighteenth century, those of English and European extraction were looking back on at least a few hundred years of bitter and bloody religious wars in Europe. So it made a lot of sense to them. I myself believe in God, even though my father was an agnostic - I had spiritual and out of body experiences from my early childhood, so the path of agnosticism or atheism was not an option for me, but for those whose life experience leads them in that direction, I respect it as a very honest and reasonable path.

Hell, yes! sinkingfeeling Mar 2019 #1
Ironically, a secular, nontheistic, religiously neutral America no_hypocrisy Mar 2019 #2
Not ironic at all plimsoll Mar 2019 #8
And that's a good thing.... reACTIONary Mar 2019 #17
Absolutely thegoose Mar 2019 #3
Absolutely. No playing favorites. No playing anything at all. LS_Editor Mar 2019 #4
Yes. This isn't Vatican City, okay? calimary Mar 2019 #5
I long for a secular America! NRaleighLiberal Mar 2019 #6
Freedom of religion also means diverdownjt Apr 2019 #18
The 3 wise men were pagans. watoos Mar 2019 #7
Exchange student from Costa Rica Marthe48 Mar 2019 #9
Remember Kim Davis, the KY anti-LGBT clerk? Lonestarblue Mar 2019 #10
Mickey Rooney married 7 times Marthe48 Mar 2019 #13
YES. nt Mars and Minerva Mar 2019 #11
The Separation of Church and State Was the Wisest Thing That Our Founding Fathers Did panfluteman Mar 2019 #12
Yes ... and yes again! WestCoastDem42 Mar 2019 #14
No religions. Period. angrychair Mar 2019 #15
Freedom Of Religion Progressive2020 Mar 2019 #16
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