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Originally Posted by djplong
Richie, to paraphrase others, can you tell me a place where religion and politics mix well? Here are the examples that I think of when I hear about that mix:
The Inquisition
Northern Ireland
Iran and Islamofascism.
The Vatican priest abuse scandal
The Dark Ages
The Salem Witch Trials
Combine that with the Christ himself saying how private and personal religion is - and how one should view with skepticism the person who is loudly proclaiming him faith - and that should be enough.
But remember many of Jefferson's quotes - I've quoted him before and shouldn't need to do it again.
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That's fine and I don't disagree with your conclusions about what happens, and has happened, in the name of religion. God knows I've been trying to get people to understand and believe that we are, in fact, at war with Islam whether we like it or not, because the vast and overwhelming majority of Islamists believe their religion requires them to convert us all, or kill us all, or die trying.
My only opposition to the anti-religionists is their attempting to ban me or anyone else from exercising our religion in any venue we please at point of "law" as was granted and guarantied me by the Constitution of the United States and the blood of our forefathers.
You may disagree or disapprove of how some people pursue their religious beliefs, and you have every right to show your displeasure and even protest their religious actions, BUT NOT WITH THE POWER OF THE LAW.