politics and god

[MikeofTulsa Moderator]

Umm Im roman catholic and I attend church on a somewhat regular basis.

thats actually surprising, usually its the non believers that are the most intollerant of others beliefs in my experience. ok back on topic

 

[Prowler573 5,000+ posts]

Your OP was in regards to the American public funding a faith-based initiative at the behest of GW (presumably)

I asked would you be so up in arms about this if it was a faith-based initiative based on some other faith besides Christianity?

You responded with "If that faith monopolized the politics of our country then yes."

So I asked for us to assume the faith (for this initiative) in question, just for the sake of argument, was Oompa Loompaism (for something completely arbitrary) would you still be taking such issue with it?

Ergo - a faith that has no bearing in the day to day decisions made at the highest level of government...

 

[Brock 5,000+ posts]

You will never, in any society, find a political system not influenced by some sort of religion, or the opposition to... It's a fact of life, get used to it.

On another note, people cast their votes based on what issues they deem to be important to them, whether it be abortion or social security. If the Christian population did not vote according to their Christian beliefs, what else do you expect them to base their point of view on?

 

[wilzyx 5,000+ posts]

i dont know about whitehouse.gov but i do know about whitehouse.com politics are so lame they need more *****

my mom was my cub scout leader and like 8 years ago we had to research on the whitehouse and guess what was the first thing she told us to type in

 

[Brock 5,000+ posts]

thats actually surprising, usually its the non believers that are the most intollerant of others beliefs in my experience. ok back on topic

you obviously didn't read correctly. he said he was catholic! lol //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif

 

[MikeofTulsa Moderator]

Could you reword your question then becuase I felt the answer was clear.

his question is

lets assume the presidents religious beliefs stay the same, and the faith based initiative favors islam, would you have a problem with the initiative then? YES or NO

 

[MikeofTulsa Moderator]

you obviously didn't read correctly. he said he was catholic! lol //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif

well as unique as catholicism(sp?) is. he still believes in some sort of religion is what i was implying.

 

[kingpin_jeffie 10+ year member]

Your OP was in regards to the American public funding a faith-based initiative at the behest of GW (presumably)
I asked would you be so up in arms about this if it was a faith-based initiative based on some other faith besides Christianity?

You responded with "If that faith monopolized the politics of our country then yes."

So I asked for us to assume the faith (for this initiative) in question, just for the sake of argument, was Oompa Loompaism (for something completely arbitrary) would you still be taking such issue with it?

Ergo - a faith that has no bearing in the day to day decisions made at the highest level of government...

YES

Our government should not favor one or the other.

 

[Prowler573 5,000+ posts]

Ty.

That's what I wanted to know.

 

[Slammed 5,000+ posts]

wow...these guys are serious

they didnt even notice teh bewbs

lol

 

[bigwheel15 10+ year member]

wow...these guys are serious

they didnt even notice teh bewbs

lol

I noticed.

2 times!

 

[GrayMatter4tw 10+ year member]

I agree with the OP.

But I am the nonbeliever Mike speaks of.

I disagree with religion influencing any policies.

i.e. stem cell research.

 

[954runner 10+ year member]

it doesn't mention it directly in the constitution, but it has been affirmed in many cases by the supreme court, which has judicial review over all laws created by congress and interprets the constitution.

 

[mr Tibbs 10+ year member]

thats actually surprising, usually its the non believers that are the most intollerant of others beliefs in my experience. ok back on topic

Maybe that's because we have to beat people of with a stick who want to try and shove a belief down our throats. Maybe, just maybe by us being "intollerant" of your beliefs you might start to respect ours!

Then again maybe I'm a little sensitive to religion topice because I am a non-mormon living in Utah and I have had this fawking cult around here trying to shove ther chit down my throat since I was born.

Then again, maybe I'm just trying to stir the pot.//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/eyebrow.gif.fe2c18d8720fe8c7eaed347b21ea05a5.gif

 

[Prowler573 5,000+ posts]

its hard not to have something shoved down your throat when over 3/4 of the population believes in it...

Can you imagine what kind of hell it must be to be a non-believer living in Utah, though?

*shudder*