On Tue, 23 May 2006 10:21:40 +0200, "Basjan" <
[email protected]> wrote:
>> In a pluralistic society and a true democracy, religion should remain
>> personal and stay out of politics and public opinion. If your
>> religious beliefs are solid and sound, criticisms by others can't
>> touch you. If you are insecure and psychotically unbalanced, then you
>> tend to have a sick need to proselytize, impose and or even legislate
>> your beliefs upon others. A fanatically a priori true religious
>> belief is incompatible with democracy, because in a democracy the
>> majority may disagree with the religion, but the religion will reject
>> the majority. Abortion, anyone?
>
>The major flaw in your argument is the concept that for a religious person,
>God is above democracy, and whoooo, isn´t that a scary thought, that a
>person can actually believe in something bigger than an idea invented by us
>mere mortals.
Flaw in MY argument? You are admitting and proving my point, and yes,
what you say is QUITE scary. The fact is we all here on earth are
mere mortals, including you so-called Christians (not to exclude the
so-called Muslims), and while we are here have to abide certain rules.
You know, like the "theory" of gravity. Governments of mortal,
profane humans are run can mortal, profane humans, and they are stuck
with mortal, profane facts of life. Since God is infinite, etc., it
is sheer blasphemy to try to reduce God to our mortal, profane level,
and try to impose one's mere beliefs and conceptions regarding the
infinite onto the finite. Just because you and your evangelical ilk
think you, and you alone, are "saved," and you and you alone have the
"one true faith," gives you no right to impose your insanity onto the
rest of the humanity.
Believe what you want, in the privacy of your home, church, synagogue,
mosque, or whatever. Pray and meditate in silence. Dance naked with
body paint on your genitals for all I care.
But stay out of government and politics. Follow your savior, whom you
"claim" to follow (though I see scant evidence that any so-called
Christians do ANYTHING that Jesus Christ preached in the New
Testament):
"Render unto Caesar the things which are Caesar’s, and unto God the
things that are God’s.”
Thank you for your anticipated cooperation.