Dont forget !!

[M. Sage]

Religion is not the sole source of possessing a moral compass, matefrio.

Bingo. Reason alone gives you a very strong basis for morality, but only if your reasoning is sound.

 

[MR Redneck]

Yes he speaks of that in his show, but the gathering was more on the subject of the benefit of man. If I hada way to send some coverage of the event to you I would.

 

[Vance]

Funny, I find myself wondering "Why is there so much Judeo-Christianphobia?"

Craig

Hi Craig,

I haven't really seen too many christian houses of worship being burned down lately.

Whereas I've seen a lot of folks pitchin a beach and actually burning down some islamic mosques.

 

[TexasR.N.]

Hi Craig,

I haven't really seen too many christian houses of worship being burned down lately.

Whereas I've seen a lot of folks pitchin a beach and actually burning down some islamic mosques.

Our houses of worship aren't being burnt down. It's our beliefs and values that have been "burned down" over the last 4 decades.
Concerning the mosques being destroyed, I am not aware of any Christian organization calling for, or approving of their destruction. I certainly don't, I prefer the live and let live approach.

Craig

 

[West Texas]

Hi Craig,

I haven't really seen too many christian houses of worship being burned down lately.

Whereas I've seen a lot of folks pitchin a beach and actually burning down some islamic mosques.

Our houses of worship aren't being burnt down. It's our beliefs and values that have been "burned down" over the last 4 decades.
Concerning the mosques being destroyed, I am not aware of any Christian organization calling for, or approving of their destruction. I certainly don't, I prefer the live and let live approach.

Craig

I've not seen anything on mosques being burned down...anywhere...I do seem to recall a bad rash of churches being burned down in Alabama and Mississippi several years ago...both "black" churches and "white" churches...

 

[MR Redneck]

I've not seen anything on mosques being burned down...anywhere...I do seem to recall a bad rash of churches being burned down in Alabama and Mississippi several years ago...both "black" churches and "white" churches...

This weekend one did. I fell in the floor laughin when I saw it on the news. I like how them folks handle the sitcheeation.
Fire at Tenn. Mosque Building Site Ruled Arson - CBS News

 

[M. Sage]

There was a rash of church burnings just a few years ago...

 

[rodbender]

Actually, our founding fathers did consider this.

In writing the first amendment, they intended both the prevention of creating a "national religion" but also the seperation of church in state. Thus preventing any particular church (religion) from taking control of our government and creating their own laws.

Basically, preventing our country from being much like some european countries that were covertly being run more by the pope than the actual heirchy.

It was actually the 1st congress that wrote the 1st amendment and the rest of the BOR. Even at that there is no seperation of chuch and state anywhere in the Constitution. The Constituton only appied to the feds, not the states. There were actually some states that had state sponsored religions after the ratification of the BOR. IIRC, N. Carolina's was Prespeterian.