Originally Posted by Drummie123 Originally Posted by AProudLefty Judaism doesn't recognize Jesus as the Messiah. That's unimportant in the context of saving America from plunging into the abyss. We are able to all mostly agree that bashing Gays is bad and that lynching Blacks is bad. That may be in accord with or in opposition to some religion's belief system, I don't know. But we can all adopt the principle of NOT bashing Gays or lynching Blacks without our all being expected or required to join that religion or adopt ...
Originally Posted by Drummie123 Originally Posted by Phantasmal Sorry, I don’t want our laws or anything else based on the morals of the Bible. Yahweh killed young children for mocking a bald man, approved of dashing children’s heads upon the rocks, ordered genocide of the Caaninites and made a man king who murdered his commanding officer so he could fornicate with his wife. We shouldn't throw out the baby with the bathwater. We should use what obviously works and disregard what doesn't in order to adopt a set of values which will ...
Originally Posted by Drummie123 Originally Posted by AProudLefty So that leaves the Muslims and Jews out? Judeo-Christian principles don't oppose Christian principles.
Originally Posted by Drummie123 Originally Posted by AProudLefty But you do still support the First Amendment, right? Only among a society which is currently or is committed to eventually becoming a more moral or Christian society. Otherwiise, the same forces and ideas which sent us down this pathway to doom will just keep making us put the pedal to the metal. ...