Reply #59: well.......

[Klapaucius]

I was not saying you, specifically, but I am saying that it is far more common than you might think.

I try not to paint with too broad of a brush. However saying that freedom of doesn't include freedom from, denies a significant ( and growing) segment of the population of their rights to be free of the majority religion.

Christianity, since it is the majority religion here in the US, gets far more leeway than any of the rest of us. I am not free to state my opinion on religion, for fear that some twit may decide that he needs to beat the crap out of me, because I don't believe in his deity. And that is in one of the most laid back states in the Union, Oregon. Hmmmmm, does that sound like what's going on in a particular geographical area? Like the Middle East?

I have to agree with Carlin on this one... that whole thing in the Middle East is about whose god has the larger genitalia. It's a pointless and stupid thing to hate your fellow man because he doesn't believe the same thing that you do. I can accept your beliefs, I may not agree with them, but that belief should be personal. It should *never* be a part of the political structure. Given the Middle East countries, do you think that theocracy has worked out very well? If religion is forced into government, we will end up with a theocratic state which will be as bad or worse than the theocracies in the middle east.

In addition to the many things which * has done, in general, which has tanked the economy, this is a man who believes in the rapture and armageddon, and has his finger on the big red button. This man says that god speaks to him. Who's to say that god won't tell him to launch? What is his fascination with nuclear arms and tac-nukes? If it's not obvious to anyone else, it is obvious to me that he is letting his beliefs determine his course of action, rather than good sound reasoning. Maybe he wants to bring the biblical armageddon about early? What about the christians who don't believe in the armageddon stuff? Do you think that they'll appreciate him acting on his beliefs and making a hell on earth?

I was terribly disappointed with the last presidential election when ones beliefs were a major issue. I hope that it's not the case this time, but either way, it's going to be ABB for me this next election.