forever_fears
Suicidesoldier#1
forever_fears
Suicidesoldier#1
forever_fears
These are not strictly Christian beliefs.
Thou shall not murder can be justified outside of religion. You do not need God to understand that it is unfair and unjustified to end someone else's life. Eating babies is under the same.
Why is that relevant?
If they are enforcing these laws on the basis of `God (the Christian one) said so`, it is not a good thing.
If they can understand that these sentiments are not strictly religious, and can be accepted by anyone who has been raised with any morals whatsoever (regardless of origin), and then chose to enforce these laws on the basis that it is a belief held by how we as a whole society define justice, then there is no matter to what he prays to in his free time.
But if we are basing it off of what society defines, and that pertains to majority rule, and the majority of people are Christian, would that mean that Christians should do what they like, then?
Minority rights are not to suffer the whims of the majority. Those who are not Christian are well within their first amendment rights to express disbelief and concern when other rights and freedoms are limited by values that do not reflect how the world (or humans) work.
If this majority rule is to apply, and most Christians believe in God, and all we have to prove God`s sentiments as to how the world should be run, then the Bible should be law, and we should all gather around as we stone non-virginal brides.
But not all Christians want to stone non-virginal brides.
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I'm pretty sure the majority wouldn't approve of that.
Mostly I'm joking.
But my point is that we should base things off of what is correct and what is not correct, but what society defines per say isn't necessarily what's right.
"and then chose to enforce these laws on the basis that it is a belief held by how we as a whole society define justice, then there is no matter to what he prays to in his free time"
More or less, there is a great possibility of error here. We should try to do what's right, no matter what. But getting rid of Christianity or saying one way is definitively right is silly.
Paramount to the basis of our democracy is truth, justice, freedom for all etc.
So we all agree that people deserve X rights, which supports our opinion, but could also support others we don't like. In that basis we allow a lot of things to slide. I do agree we should use the best method, but because it applies to the known universe and doesn't hurt anyone, not necessarily because a Christian did or did not say to.
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So Christians in politics is irrelevant imo.
If people want to do what he says they will, and if "society" per say is willing to take the sacrifices for crappy production methods should we let them? It really depends on how many people have these beliefs or what their ultimate goals are. It's possible to not force them to do it. It really just depends.
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