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09-23-2008 #21
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[quote="absolutecarla"]
Originally Posted by IsuckTgirlCock
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09-24-2008 #22Originally Posted by IsuckTgirlCock
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09-24-2008 #23Originally Posted by Paladin
Was that before or after we altered the pledge to have "under god" in it?
And maybe its easier to withdraw from life
With all of its misery and wretched lies
If we're dead when tomorrow's gone
The Big Machine will just move on
Still we cling afraid we'll fall
Clinging like the memory which haunts us all
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09-24-2008 #24Originally Posted by SarahG
And, our country was still founded on Judeo-Christian values and Freedom Of religion is NOT the same as Freedom FROM religion. For that you can still live in cuba china or north korea. Cuba is still taking applications for a CEO too, but they have an inside man you'd have to get past first... :P
wow, my post count is currently at 472, that was the displacement in CI of my 68 DVC (before I had it overhauled)
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09-24-2008 #25Originally Posted by Paladin
What makes our country great is that it isn't a christian based country, no religion is superior over the rest.
Not even the one whose followers founded the system itself.
Although I will agree that, historically, theory and reality are two different things-- I take that to mean one of those "do as I say, not as I do" scenarios.
We almost did not get the LOC because our politicians thought no one would want the books of an atheist (Jefferson- who afaik never actually said he didn't believe in God).
And maybe its easier to withdraw from life
With all of its misery and wretched lies
If we're dead when tomorrow's gone
The Big Machine will just move on
Still we cling afraid we'll fall
Clinging like the memory which haunts us all
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09-24-2008 #26
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Originally Posted by happyjack
Anyway, Op, thanks for posting your travel horror story.
there are some real bastards in airport uniform these days.
I have never been to HK but Beijing was fvcked.
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09-24-2008 #27Originally Posted by Paladin
Oh and it most certainly is also a freedom FROM religion. Sorry to break this news to you but a lot of the people who theorized many of the legal principals we base our constitution on thought the idea of a guy in the sky to be a joke (aka they were atheist or at the very least agnostic). The idea is that you are free to believe what you wish and so am I, but we should not use the government to enforce or distribute any religious belief system. In my opinion organized religion is a bad joke with a history of ignorance and fear mongering in an effort to control people.
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09-26-2008 #28Originally Posted by NYBURBS
One of the nuances that seems to sail far over your head is that when multiple clauses are present in an imperative sentence, the latter clauses take precedence over the earlier ones. In this particular case the clause prohibiting the free exercise thereof, is MORE important than the earlier clause. Same thing with the 10th ammendmentwhere the people are mentioned AFTER the states.
What have they been teaching in schools the past 20 years???
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09-26-2008 #29Originally Posted by Paladin
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion..." was and is the guard against state sponsored religion (the thing you said does not exist in the constitution). "...or prohibit the free exercise thereof..." speaks to your right to worship whatever imaginary friend you wish, or none at all. One does not trump the other in that format. There is also the legal principal that all parts of a statute or law must be given effect or purpose. Class for today is concluded, I hope you now feel a little less ignorant.
PS- Intricacies is how you spell it, not "intracacies" k thx. I know you old folk resist technology, but a simple spell checker would work wonders for you.
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09-27-2008 #30Originally Posted by NYBURBS
I may not be able to type, and don't have the constitution memorized, but you are suffering from such a severe case of cranial-rectal inversion that you can probably see what you ate for dinner.