dazzleman
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« on: December 28, 2003, 02:20:29 PM » |
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I think that a candidate's religious views are important in so far as they reflect on his/her personal moral code, which is important.
I don't think we should demand that our presidents be choir boys, but they should have some moral standards. And their SINCERE religious views are a refection of their moral standards.
With respect to Dean, I don't think it's going to work for him to suddenly say that he is going to talk about religion, when he originally said he wasn't going to talk about religion, and only in the south. It is patently insincere.
Religion is nothing more than a person's philosophy of life and the best way to live it. In that sense, secularism is a religion, and I think that secularists should stop effectively demanding special treatment by saying that their belief system should be enshrined in public life, while other belief systems are suppressed.
The fact is that our public discourse will always reflect a certain belief system. The question is which one. I think that secularists are using their "no religion" and "separation of church and state" mantras to effectively force their "religion" onto people who may not want it, and delegitimitize other religions, most particularly Christianity.
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