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MissAnnThrope Donating Member (192 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-29-04 02:54 PM
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49. You're right...
... God doesn't always mean a Christian God. But what about, oh, say, Dianic Wiccans who reject the male principle and worship only the triple fold Goddess? What about all the other Goddesses in Pagan religions? When people hear God, they hear the God of Abraham. They don't hear God from other religions, as God in other religions tends to have a name that's used to identify him.

Now let's examine this statement from the article:

"America must choose. Either we ignore the intentions of our founding fathers and grant sovereignty to the state (clearing the way for Hitlers and Stalins to reign once again), or we bow humbly before the one true God, and - without establishing Christianity as the mandatory religion for all citizens - obey God's principles for justice.

The one true God to this writer is the God of Abraham. Which means Judaism, Christianity and Islam are acceptable, even Satanism becomes acceptable, as all are based on the same God. The disagreement comes in on who the true prophet or savior is.

This one true God is not the God of Hindus, Buddhists (who technically have no God), Wiccans, Druids, and Pagans of other varieties. We're talking about different deities altogether.

The writer of this article really does need to be informed that Hitler wasn't an atheist, but a Catholic who was never excommunicated for his genocide, or his practicing of the black arts. But I guess if it gets your argument across...


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