> -----Original Message-----
> From: Christian Lheureux [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Monday, March 22, 2004 3:16 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: OT: The cycle of democracy
> 
> As much as I respect religion and those who believe in it (ANY
religion,
> FWIW), it disturbs me a lot to have an elected official making his/her
> decisions based on the Holy Scriptures or any other faith-based
document.
> IMHO, decision-making processes in political questions should be based
on
> a
> carefully weighed assessment of available options, risks, likely
outcomes,
> etc.
> 

And there you have it.

This is what the left wants, a society where laws drive morality instead
of morality driving the laws.

This is the basis of their assault on religion as it is a threat to
their agenda to force society down their chosen path through laws and an
activist court system.
 
> When I hear about GWB quoting the Bible, I'm disturbed. When I read
about
> this or that official building (Ala. Supreme Court ?) posting the 10
> Commendments, I'm disturbed. When I read on greenbacks "In God we
Trust",
> I'm disturbed. When I follow the occasional threads aboug the Pledge
being
> read aloud in schools, I'm disturbed too. You guys in the States have
the
> largest Democracy on earth, yet you are clearly biased in favor of the
> Christian religion and its various branches. You pretend to separate
> Church
> and State, yet you do not make a clear distinction between both.
> 

But you are not talking here about the separation of church and state,
which the majority of Americans support, but the separation of church
and society which is an entirely different thing.

I do not consider myself religious. But neither am I threatened by
someone holding a strong personal belief which they use to guide their
actions, as long as those actions do not involve harming or forcing
their views on others, they are at least predictable. The alternative is
someone like John Kerry who has no core convictions and will say or do
anything in pursuit of his agenda.

Religions like Islam, liberalism and socialism are the most dangerous as
they convince their followers that any action they take to promote their
cause is acceptable. The only actions they truly hold unforgivable are
disagreement with or abandonment of their causes.

> So when GWB shouts "Who's not with us is against us", it's clearly
> Bible-based bias. It's also a good way to spoil a two-century old
alliance
> beyond recognition. And I certainly regret this.

You are intentionally reading religion into this statement where none
exists in an attempt to justify your previous statements.

Comments are my own, not my employer's... etc.

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