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edhopper

(37,418 posts)

17. That to me

Reply to Starboard Tack (Reply #16)

Sat May 19, 2012, 07:00 PM

May 2012

is a non-sequitor.
Freedom does not prescribe behavior or command it's adherents to think and act in a certain way. Religion does.
And when a majority of a religion believes in a certain way, Southern Baptist for instance, it wouldn exactly be going off the reservation, it IS the reservation.

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So we can't blame religion edhopper May 2012 #9

Religion is an inanimate. People can adopt it, believe it, use it cbayer May 2012 #10

No we can't Starboard Tack May 2012 #16

That to me edhopper May 2012 #17

Southern Baptist is a sub-group of one religion. Starboard Tack May 2012 #18

A very, very large "sub group" edhopper May 2012 #19

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Seems we have teachers who feel the same way edhopper May 2012 #20