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shraby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 01:39 PM Original message |
Why would anyone want a "Christian Government"?? |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
1. "Those are the kinds of governments where people get hung for being witches".. |
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shraby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 01:42 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Problem..anyone can be deemed a witch, particularly if |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 01:51 PM Response to Reply #3 |
15. Everything is a matter of perspective.. |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 01:46 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. you have no problem with witches, or anyone named as witch, being hung? why is that? |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 01:49 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. That burning smell? |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 01:59 PM Response to Reply #10 |
22. the problem is, there really are groups of christian fundies today who advocate the burning of |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 02:27 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. They also advocate stoning people to death. They are Dominionists, |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 02:44 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. And they want to bring back slavery as punishment for debtors. |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 04:59 PM Response to Reply #29 |
43. You got it. Palin is one of THOSE. She just doesn't want people to know. |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 02:27 PM Response to Reply #22 |
28. Which is where and why Poe's Law comes in.. |
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LibertyLover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 09:03 PM Response to Reply #1 |
49. As an ordained high priestess and a Wiccan - |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
2. I don't want a theocracy either, but secular governments can be just as |
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shraby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 01:43 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Like I said, if I had my druthers...a secular government is my |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 01:53 PM Response to Reply #6 |
17. But I would hope you would be more specific than just secular if you ever |
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K8-EEE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 05:13 PM Response to Reply #6 |
44. We sent Americans to die to form a secular democracy in Iraq (and FAILED) |
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meow mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
4. non-believers and fornicators must die |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 01:48 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. Tell them you're not a "non-believer and fornicator" but rather a "fornicator and non-believer"... |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
5. why would anyone want an Islamic gov't or a buddhist gov't? |
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shraby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 01:46 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Or a Catholic government ..shades of the inquisition.. |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 03:31 PM Response to Reply #7 |
35. Bloody Mary was catholic. nt |
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badtoworse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 04:17 PM Response to Reply #7 |
39. In case you don't know, this is the 21st Century |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 01:49 PM Response to Original message |
11. the christian taliban, that's who. |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
12. I tend to agree... |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
13. Because some people think the Middle Ages are cool. |
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randr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
14. I want the government out of my religion and religion out of my government! |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
16. You're describing fundy porn. |
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Bonhomme Richard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
18. Because it absolves people from personal responsibility. |
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dkofos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
19. Because that is what the church tells them to want. |
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Kennah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
20. There is a difference between doctrine and it's application |
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Karmadillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
21. Given the horrors inflicted upon the world by securlar governments, I would guess |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
23. a secular "government" does`t bother itself with religion... |
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silver10 (492 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
24. I do agree with you if forced to choose... |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 02:07 PM Response to Original message |
25. that's your view of a Christian Government |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 06:19 PM Response to Reply #25 |
46. Yes, but you don't understand. |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
26. A. They think they are going to do better than what we see in History. They are wrong, because |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
30. "The Family" and the Dominionists want just that |
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Duwamish (57 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 03:11 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. This is a frightening thought. |
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badtoworse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 03:27 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. That Texas example is one person's ignorant prejudice... |
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badtoworse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
31. Exaggerate much? |
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Nye Bevan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 03:38 PM Response to Reply #31 |
37. The Salem Witch Trials are frequently cited by DUers |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 07:48 PM Response to Reply #37 |
47. It was WORSE. |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
32. Not to mention that a theocracy in the USA would lead directly to |
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Electric Monk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
36. When they say Christian (in that context), I hear Roman. |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 10:28 PM Response to Reply #36 |
51. Yup |
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felix_numinous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 04:10 PM Response to Original message |
38. I think people who want a Christian theocracy |
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WiffenPoof (676 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
40. When I Got Remarried... |
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badtoworse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 04:31 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. I think you handled it well. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 04:57 PM Response to Original message |
42. People want to hide from scientific truths like evolution and the age of the Earth |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
45. This Atheist would have to move for fear of being executed. |
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PurityOfEssence (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 08:24 PM Response to Original message |
48. When you believe in bizarre things that don't stand to any scrutiny, you NEED everyone to agree |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 10:27 PM Response to Original message |
50. Well |
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DireStrike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 10:28 PM Response to Original message |
52. I remember thinking the world would be so much better once everyone was Catholic |
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