Reply #136: You make a good argument for doing away with "the state".

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

Actually, as an Anarchist, one that I agree with to a point.

I don't particularly care if someone wants to believe that the universe was created by chance, by a God(s), or hatched from the egg of a kangaroo. I'm sure the universe is unconcerned about what we junior pipsqueeks residing on what amounts to a speck of dust do, think, or believe.

However, extrapolating on your argument, if little Johnny wants to insist that 2+2=9 because he was taught it was and believes it because of his religion, he will have to accept the consequences of his and his religion's ignorance. Or, who knows, perhaps in some nook in the indifferent universe 2+2 does equal 9. Alas, poor little Johnny and his like, reside in this part of the universe where 2+2=4 and there is no evidence of a God(s).

It is interesting to note that the quote you used "We hold these truths..etc" is patently false. The man who wrote those words didn't even believe them.