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Originally posted by Mojo_PeiPei
Because God has played a big role in this country thus far and we have done fine with him.
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God's role and place are in the homes, hearts, and minds of American citizens - not in the letter or intent of laws.
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But hey lets go to Communist Russia, that was "secular", what a fine example of a secular government.
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Russia was a secular government, yep. But it wasn't an example of a secular humanist government. There's a difference; do you know what it is? Remember also that the intent of the Soviet Union was perfect equality, economic and social, for all its people. Pretty noble, that. Who's to say that a religious government, seeking equally noble goals, wouldn't wind up mirroring the USSR in most of the ways that count? Don't tell me it's because Christians are moral.
Prove to me that a strictly spiritual government would be any better than a strictly secular one.
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Maybe Nazi Germany where the Reich and Furor were the only form of religion
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First off, it's spelled "Führer". And Hitler, just for your information, was a Christian. The Catholic Church quietly supported him during the years when he was massacring Jews. Also for your information, both sides of the Northern Ireland conflict are Christians. Don't go telling me that Christianity automatically implies a moral government.