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It's easier just to copy/paste this:
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[11:22] {blank}: why do people assume that a Government that doesn't shun relition is a Theocracy?
[11:22] xepherys: ?
[11:24] xepherys: well, if that quote is correct
[11:24] xepherys: I agree
[11:24] xepherys: "acknowledgment of God as the sovereign source of law, liberty, or government."
[11:25] xepherys: God is not, and should not be, the source of law, liberty or government in our country
[11:25] xepherys: it may not truly be a step towards theocracy
[11:25] xepherys: but I do believe that it's a step in the wrong direction
[11:26] {blank}: that may well Be...
[11:26] {blank}: but...The Ten Commandments form the basic tenets for our laws!
[11:27] {blank}: or at least a subset of the 10 C
[11:27] xepherys: *shrug* but they are man-made laws, they were not devised or provided as divine laws
[11:27] xepherys: oddly enough, the ten commandments are just good, common moral sense... and have been law to some degree or another for thousands of years
[11:27] xepherys: in many places
[11:27] xepherys: including Egypt (non-Jew/Christian)
[11:27] xepherys: uhhh... Persia
[11:28] xepherys: so, the bible is written around the same common sense that our laws are... *shrug* what difference does that make?
[11:31] xepherys: also, "remove the Supreme Court's jurisdiction over "any matter to the extent that relief is sought against an entity of Federal, State, or local government, or against an officer or agent of Federal, State, or local government (whether or not acting in official or personal capacity), concerning that entity's, officer's, or agent's acknowledgment of God as the sovereign source of law, liberty, or government." continues to try to remove a variety of checks and balances, granting greater power to the legislative and executive branches
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