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Originally Posted by pdurrant
Ah - an apatheist. :-)
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Aha! It's perfect. That sounds much better than my usual "well, normally I could care less and don't bother ever thinking about it, but if you strapped me down and I had to choose I would say polytheist who believes in reincarnation." Now I can sound much more eloquent.
I missed some good stuff while I was sleeping.
Zelda, you got my point on the judge thing. I wasn't insinuating that he was making his decisions based on his religion, more that he shouldn't be bringing god into it when commenting on a case because of the position he holds. He can think whatever he wants and say so to family and friends, but that's different. He probably also thinks the kid is going to burn in hell, but for some reason it wouldn't be acceptable for him to say that, right? Double standard.
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Originally Posted by DixieGal
I would prefer that my judges and elected officials base their principles on the Holy Bible, instead of anything else. Even without faith, surely no one can deny that the Golden Rule and Ten Commandments are clear instructions for living a life of good morals.
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Are you kidding? One, it's nice of you to assume that everything should be following the Bible, even though not everyone in the country follows the same belief. Two, which Bible are you referring to that you would like them to follow? The King James version? The American Standard version, the New International version, the New Living version, the New Revised Standard version, the New World Translation version? Which set of ten commandments? Sure, they say the same thing more or less, but let's look at the bottom of the list. If I'm Jewish or Greek Orthodox, the tenth commandment is I shouldn't covet my neighbor's wife or anything that belongs to my neighbor. If I'm Roman Catholic, coveting my neighbor's wife is number 9 and coveting the rest of his stuff is number 10. If I'm some versions of Lutheran, I'm not coveting his house for number 9 and not coveting his wife, workers, cattle, or anything that is his for 10. They all say roughly the same thing, but which set of commandments specifically did you want your elected officials to follow? Some say I shall not kill, others say I shall not murder - that makes a big difference if they're deciding my fate if I killed someone in self-defense.
I'd probably be able to argue this better after dusting
The Year of Living Biblically off from my TBR pile (well, TB bought pile...), but you get my point.
I too will be adding the book that started this whole thing to my TBR list. My Sony didn't come with it and I hadn't heard of it until this thread.
Slayda – I likes.
