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    The US Constitution and the Sermon on the Mount are very different sorts of documents with very different purposes, so it seems odd to talk about 'compatibility'. I suppose the Constitution is a desperate attempt to defend individual freedoms under capitalism, whereas the Sermon is the beginnings of socialism and a true humanity to replace class oppression, so they could just about compared, on a good day..

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    Quote Originally Posted by StoneByStone View Post
    Are you kidding? Christians spent hundreds of years forcefully converting people because they "believed" they were supposed to.
    ???.....oh stop being an idiot........we don't force anyone to believe anything...... .

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    Quote Originally Posted by iolo View Post
    The US Constitution and the Sermon on the Mount are very different sorts of documents with very different purposes, so it seems odd to talk about 'compatibility'. I suppose the Constitution is a desperate attempt to defend individual freedoms under capitalism, whereas the Sermon is the beginnings of socialism and a true humanity to replace class oppression, so they could just about compared, on a good day..
    Utter nonsense. Socialism is compulsory, Christianity is voluntary. Big difference.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dark Soul View Post
    How ironic. I'll remind you of the thread title:

    What part of Christianity isn't compatible with the US Constitution...

    You, like all the other libs here, have failed to back up that claim, you stupid asshole ignoramus loser fuck.
    I’ll give you the same answer, dumbfuck.

    The part of Christianity that wants prayer in school. You know, that establishment of religion thing, stupid shit?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dark Soul View Post
    The premise of your question is wrong. Where does the Bible require that prayer be required, and creationism taught, in public schools?

    You can type s l o w e r but you still can't spell, dumbfuck.


    You can’t even comprehend your own question, loser.

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    Quote Originally Posted by PostmodernProphet View Post
    ???.....oh stop being an idiot........we don't force anyone to believe anything...... .
    YOU might not, but other Christians have and still do. I hope you're not denying that the Inquisitions happened.

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    Religion, while completely illogical, isn't the problem.
    Theocracy is the problem.
    Only a perfectly secular government can be a truly democratic one.

    As for the constitution, the founders themselves didn't think it was perfect.
    They made it changeable and specifically charged us with the responsibility of always seeking a "more perfect union."

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    Quote Originally Posted by domer76 View Post

    The part of Christianity that wants prayer in school.
    Show where this is written in the New Testament or a policy of a main stream Christian sect.

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    Quote Originally Posted by NiftyNiblick View Post

    As for the constitution, the founders themselves didn't think it was perfect.
    They made it changeable and specifically charged us with the responsibility of always seeking a "more perfect union."
    Agreed. The problem is that parts of the Constitution are routinely ignored, or "changed" by methods not amenable to the process mandated by it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by countryboy View Post
    Utter nonsense. Socialism is compulsory, Christianity is voluntary. Big difference.
    Christianity is taught to children who do not have the capacity to make decisions for themselves. It is absolutely not voluntary. I was forced to go to church and catechism classes when I was a kid. It was not voluntary.
    There is no socialism, so hard to be compulsory. Just like no capitalism. All countries are mixes.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nordberg View Post
    Christianity is taught to children who do not have the capacity to make decisions for themselves. It is absolutely not voluntary. I was forced to go to church and catechism classes when I was a kid. It was not voluntary.
    There is no socialism, so hard to be compulsory. Just like no capitalism. All countries are mixes.
    Looking at religion that way, it's hard to say it's not child abuse. Especially with religions like Christianity and Islam.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nordberg View Post
    Christianity is taught to children who do not have the capacity to make decisions for themselves. It is absolutely not voluntary. I was forced to go to church and catechism classes when I was a kid. It was not voluntary.
    There is no socialism, so hard to be compulsory. Just like no capitalism. All countries are mixes.
    Having rules as a kid is not "force", its parenting. Are you also "forced" not to run with scissors, or play with matches?

    Are you a practicing Catholic today?
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    Quote Originally Posted by iolo View Post
    The US Constitution and the Sermon on the Mount are very different sorts of documents with very different purposes, so it seems odd to talk about 'compatibility'. I suppose the Constitution is a desperate attempt to defend individual freedoms under capitalism, whereas the Sermon is the beginnings of socialism and a true humanity to replace class oppression, so they could just about compared, on a good day..
    The Christian's talking point answer to this is that Jesus was talking about charity, not the government redistributing wealth against the people's will.
    Weak AF, but that's the argument.

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    Quote Originally Posted by countryboy View Post
    Having rules as a kid is not "force", its parenting. Are you also "forced" not to run with scissors, or play with matches?

    Are you a practicing Catholic today?
    The difference is that with religion, kids are given rules that don't make sense, taught things that aren't true, and some of those things involve fear taken way too far.
    It took me to adulthood to realize just how lucky I was to have parents who were very mildly religious and I now see many of my friends as having been abused children through religion.

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    Quote Originally Posted by PostmodernProphet View Post
    ???.....oh stop being an idiot........we don't force anyone to believe anything...... .
    The entirety of history proves you laughably wrong.

    Why do you pretend to be a Christian?

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