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In reply to the discussion: Should a really good public policy that has a basis in religious belief be made into law? [View all]bananas
(27,509 posts)20. You said "a" basis, not "the" basis.
The way your question was worded, it seemed that you yourself considered the policy "really good", and since you hate religion, you presumably have some other basis for concluding it's a "really good" policy.
So your question seems to be asking whether you should vote against a "really good" policy just to spite your enemies.
This is like the old question, "Should you cut off your nose to spite your face?"
Your attacks on religious liberals is a good example of cutting off your nose to spite your face.
It's related to the advice, "Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cutting_off_the_nose_to_spite_the_face
"Cutting off the nose to spite the face" is an expression used to describe a needlessly self-destructive over-reaction to a problem: "Don't cut off your nose to spite your face" is a warning against acting out of pique, or against pursuing revenge in a way that would damage oneself more than the object of one's anger.[1]
"Cutting off the nose to spite the face" is an expression used to describe a needlessly self-destructive over-reaction to a problem: "Don't cut off your nose to spite your face" is a warning against acting out of pique, or against pursuing revenge in a way that would damage oneself more than the object of one's anger.[1]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Throw_out_the_baby_with_the_bath_water
Throw out the baby with the bath water is an idiomatic expression used to suggest an avoidable error in which something good is eliminated when trying to get rid of something bad,[1] or in other words, rejecting the essential along with the inessential.[2]
A slightly different explanation suggests that this flexible catchphrase has to do with discarding the essential while retaining the superfluous because of excessive zeal.[3] In other words, the idiom is applicable not only when it's a matter of throwing out the baby with the bath water, but also when someone might throw out the baby and keep the bath water.[4]
Throw out the baby with the bath water is an idiomatic expression used to suggest an avoidable error in which something good is eliminated when trying to get rid of something bad,[1] or in other words, rejecting the essential along with the inessential.[2]
A slightly different explanation suggests that this flexible catchphrase has to do with discarding the essential while retaining the superfluous because of excessive zeal.[3] In other words, the idiom is applicable not only when it's a matter of throwing out the baby with the bath water, but also when someone might throw out the baby and keep the bath water.[4]
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Should a really good public policy that has a basis in religious belief be made into law? [View all]
cleanhippie
May 2012
OP
If your point was to establish that good public policy can exist, and does, outside of religious
LARED
May 2012
#48
As a believer, It would seem that it is YOU that has the issue with reality.
cleanhippie
May 2012
#23
Hypothetically, if there was a religious-based public policy that was deemed to be...
brendan120678
May 2012
#14
actually, religious beliefs are based on public policy (public opinion really). good people preceded
msongs
May 2012
#18
If it's "really good," you'll find it can be stated with no reference whatsoever to religious belief
2ndAmForComputers
May 2012
#29
The laws against consuming human flesh as a dietary staple have a religious origin.
dimbear
May 2012
#39
There were also many religious and cultural rituals and practices that encouraged...
Humanist_Activist
May 2012
#43
There is no such thing as a good public policy that has solely religious origins...
Humanist_Activist
May 2012
#44
I am going to define "good public policy" as "public policy currently favored by ZombieHorde."
ZombieHorde
May 2012
#67