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Re: Legislating Moral Values? [Re: Shroomism]
    #2342688 - 02/16/04 06:08 PM (20 years, 1 month ago)

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Yeah, it's just too bad the declaration is a joke now.

And Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, etc.. were NOT christians.




Well, SOMEBODY believed in God. Go read the Declaration yourself! I copied and posted part of it!

(And will everyone keep in mind, I was playing devil's advocate, pursuant to fireworks' suggestion, because no one was coming on and saying why the government should legislate against same sex marriages. I don't really think that way.)


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Re: Legislating Moral Values? [Re: Frog]
    #2342719 - 02/16/04 06:15 PM (20 years, 1 month ago)

Right before he was crucified under pontias pilate :wink: . I wonder what he would have thought if he knew that the emperor was going to send his cronies to kill him. What did jesus do wrong? he was a heretic, he went against the state, so they killed him. But sadly our world is filled with this bitter irony...

Who is to say that a life that does not hurt another should not be allowed to be lived? Is that  after all, in a sense, killing that person in one form or another? Killing their spirit?


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Re: Legislating Moral Values? [Re: Zero7a1]
    #2342755 - 02/16/04 06:23 PM (20 years, 1 month ago)

Well, that was Jesus' karma. And, he had to fulfill prophesy.


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Re: Legislating Moral Values? [Re: Zero7a1]
    #2342809 - 02/16/04 06:33 PM (20 years, 1 month ago)

If we are a quote christian nation unquote than the 10 commandments would be the first and foremost laws. I understand that you conceded that the ten commandments weren't the law of the land. You also presented an impressive array of statistics that showed that the US was 85% christian and that Utah, the most Christian state, Was 79.6% christian. This is truly awe inspiring.

We are NOT NOT NOT a christian nation.

You have done a great job as a Devil's advocate. Or not. I've loved every minute of it. Psst, it's Caesar, but we knew who you meant


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Re: Legislating Moral Values? [Re: zappaisgod]
    #2342818 - 02/16/04 06:36 PM (20 years, 1 month ago)

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If we are a quote christian nation unquote than the 10 commandments would be the first and foremost laws.  I understand that you conceded that the ten commandments weren't the law of the land.  You also presented an impressive array of statistics that showed that the US was 85% christian and that Utah, the most Christian state, Was 79.6% christian.  This is truly awe inspiring.

We are NOT NOT NOT a christian nation.

You have done a great job as a Devil's advocate.  Or not.  I've loved every minute of it.  Psst, it's Caesar, but we knew who you meant




I didn't "concede" because I never made that statement in the first place. 

And on the Christian thing...are we just dabbling with semantics here???  I realize my error, if so, and I will conced this much, perhaps:

We are not a Christian nation, but a nation comprised mainly of Christians.  :razz: :lol:


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Re: Legislating Moral Values? [Re: Frog]
    #2342919 - 02/16/04 07:14 PM (20 years, 1 month ago)

Yeah verily and it is so


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Re: Legislating Moral Values? [Re: Frog]
    #2343216 - 02/16/04 08:19 PM (20 years, 1 month ago)

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Quote:

Shroomism said:
Yeah, it's just too bad the declaration is a joke now.

And Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, etc.. were NOT christians.




Well, SOMEBODY believed in God. Go read the Declaration yourself! I copied and posted part of it!



Yes, they believed in God. That does not make them Christians. The above mentioned founding fathers were Deists, who believed that God set the universe in motion with the laws of physics to guide it. They did not believe in the Bible or in Jesus's divinity. In fact, during his presidency, Jefferson wrote a book in which he denied the divinity of Christ.


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Re: Legislating Moral Values? [Re: silversoul7]
    #2343235 - 02/16/04 08:22 PM (20 years, 1 month ago)

Interesting thoughts.


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Re: Legislating Moral Values? [Re: Seuss]
    #2343415 - 02/16/04 09:04 PM (20 years, 1 month ago)

Wow! This could get explosive (remember to be nice everyone!)

As a "Christian", I don't feel that any government has the right to legislate morality. This is very much a personal issue between a person and their own Higher Power.

As far as 'eroding morals' is concerned... I don't think that legislation (or the lack of it) has any real impact on public morality (How many people do you know who have changed their opinions regarding marijuana because it has been legislated against).

Definately, in America, the 'Puritan Past' still has a major impact on modern policy decisions. I don't feel comfortable with this. Other western nations have moved further to the left in this regard (for example, England, Australia and the European Nations) and take a 'humanistic' rather than a 'Scriptural' approach much of the time.

Also, I don't think that it is really necessary to flame the scriptures in order to make your point on this issue. I don't really understand the pre-occupation a lot of members have with this (I have yet to read a thread violently denouncing Buddhism or the Sacred Hindu Texts...)


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Re: Legislating Moral Values? [Re: Seuss]
    #2344560 - 02/17/04 04:32 AM (20 years, 1 month ago)

Thank you everybody for your input. I sat for a while and thought about this last night and came to a conclusion. I can identify two fears that would cause somebody to vote against same sex marriages:

1) I am afraid that by allowing same sex marriages, I am giving up a control that the government has over the people. If I let this slide, what next... free love, legal drugs, world peace. We can't have that... no profits there.

2) Thinking about two people of the same sex together gives me the willies. I don't want to risk thinking about it, so I will outlaw it instead. What? My job is to represent all the people, even if I don't agree with them? Screw that, that type gives me the willies.

...and a third case, though not fear:

3) I have a really big ego. I can not be wrong. Bow down and lick my feet 'cause I'm in congress and I know what is good for you. If I can't legislate you into heaven, I will fry you in the chair and feel good knowing that you are burning in hell.


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Re: Legislating Moral Values? [Re: Seuss]
    #2344631 - 02/17/04 06:04 AM (20 years, 1 month ago)

Let's see here.. first off, it wasn't Caesar, it was Pontias Pilate. THAT was the easy one here.. :wink:

I find it amusing how when this topic is discussed HERE, it is more about what leads people to hold the views that they do instead of what view is "right" or "wrong". That definitely suggests something, right there... and is clearly something that is an individual's choice and is not for the government to get involved with.

Their IS suspossed to be a seperation of church and state. How many people are Christian or Muslim or worshippers of Odin isn't the issue (altough I DO find it amusing that of the top ten states that Frog posted, most all of them were small, Midwestern states.... 96% percent of people in Iowa are white. there isn't exactly a mix of culture in these states. hehe).

Anyways, the government has no right in making laws based on religious ideas. No one is being hurt by having gay marriage. If it was a cult (Edit: was previewing this and saw "culture" and then "cult"... hhhm....) that was killing people, there is obviously a difference, they are imposing on others free will. Well, the government is doing the same thing... if there was a religion for gays, their right to worship as they like would be getting infringed upon. Same fucking thing with the peyote churches....

Its fear and ignorance. Its rather simple.. and astounding how people can claim to be so Enlightened in this day but yet be so closeminded.

But hey, what do you expect from a government who doesn't govern itself out of existance because it would involve letting go of their power? Power addictions can't be filled... they have to be transcended. Then again... how many people are raised and educated (damn, there is that word again) to be in a position to do that?

Damn, I feel like I'm saying things that are incredibly obvious and that there is no point in even talking. *gags himself with his sock*
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Re: Legislating Moral Values? [Re: fireworks_god]
    #2344657 - 02/17/04 06:27 AM (20 years, 1 month ago)

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fireworks_god said:
*gags himself with his sock*





"sock"???  Sure that wasn't a typo?  :lol:


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Re: Legislating Moral Values? [Re: fireworks_god]
    #2344661 - 02/17/04 06:34 AM (20 years, 1 month ago)

> Its fear and ignorance. Its rather simple.. and astounding how people can claim to be so Enlightened in this day but yet be so closeminded.

That is the conclusion I finally came to as well.


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Re: Legislating Moral Values? [Re: sakura]
    #2344688 - 02/17/04 06:54 AM (20 years, 1 month ago)

*takes Spock out of his mouth and puts a sock in his mouth, in order to avoid looking like he made a mistake* :lol:

And "fear and ignorance" can make a better scapegoat than Satan can! :wink:
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Re: Legislating Moral Values? [Re: fireworks_god]
    #2344894 - 02/17/04 08:35 AM (20 years, 1 month ago)

"Other than, "It is morally wrong", what is the reason not to allow gay couples to marry? I simply don't get it."

neither do i. the only reason is because like you said, it has to deal with morals being made into law.

"No one is being hurt by having gay marriage."

the only people who get angry and upset, or sad and depressed about this are imposing it on themselves. it is their ideas that are conflicting with their surroundings and thus not allowing themselves to go with the flow.

fear and ignorance....


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Re: Legislating Moral Values? [Re: Seuss]
    #2345706 - 02/17/04 12:51 PM (20 years, 1 month ago)

i suspect that there are quite a few here who actually support legislation of moral values... for instance, helping the needy (welfare).

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Re: Legislating Moral Values? [Re: ]
    #2345730 - 02/17/04 12:56 PM (20 years, 1 month ago)

I support helping the needy out of pure egotistical motives. I'm a damn dirty druggie and will probably need welfare in the not too distant future (or so they tell me).


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Re: Legislating Moral Values? [Re: ]
    #2345772 - 02/17/04 01:04 PM (20 years, 1 month ago)

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i suspect that there are quite a few here who actually support legislation of moral values... for instance, helping the needy (welfare).




Is that really legislation of moral values? How so? Is there a difference between a law being morally right and a law being passed because of other reasons? Wasn't it a New Deal law? Didn't it have something to do with the Depression?

Or was it passed because a book that has been around for awhile declared it immoral to NOT have the law?

I honestly see a difference....
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Re: Legislating Moral Values? [Re: ]
    #2345893 - 02/17/04 01:28 PM (20 years, 1 month ago)

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mushmaster said:
i suspect that there are quite a few here who actually support legislation of moral values... for instance, helping the needy (welfare).



I see welfare in practical terms. It's to help people who've fallen on hard times get back on their feet. I don't think I'd support people being on welfare their whole lives, unless they were physically or mentally incapable of working. Also, there is not one social program called "welfare." It is a catch-all term for a number of different programs, one of which is known as "unemployment insurance," and if I'm not mistaken, that's one of the biggest welfare programs, along with food stamps and corporate welfare(which should be the first program we get rid of). I guess if you look at that as "helping the needy," then maybe it is, but I think of it as a safety net for when things go terribly wrong in your life.


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Re: Legislating Moral Values? [Re: fireworks_god]
    #2346954 - 02/17/04 05:28 PM (20 years, 1 month ago)

Is that really legislation of moral values? How so?

because the decision of whether or not to help the needy is a decision about personal morality. the decision to help the needy, like the decision to volunteer in community programs, or to donate to one's house of worship, is a personal moral issue which a person must decide for themself when, how, and to what extent they will avail themself, if at all. these are different from legal obligations. we have no legal obligation to help other people; only not to harm them.

people can and should be compelled by force to do no harm, but they should not be forced to do good.

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