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..
MAGA MAN (03-23-2019)
MAGA MAN (03-23-2019)
Guno צְבִי (03-22-2019)
Guno צְבִי (03-22-2019)
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."
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.
MAGA MAN (03-23-2019)
MAGA MAN (03-23-2019)
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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