The nature of the relationship between theists and atheists

[Gustav]

for chrissakes, lg. that does not follow. we aint defacing church property or assaulting christians. i mean...tax goddamn exemptions...freedom to form cults, worship......whatnot.
stick to your own goddamn space

 

[lightgigantic]

for chrissakes, lg. that does not follow. we aint defacing church property or assaulting christians. i mean...tax goddamn exemptions...freedom to form cults, worship......whatnot.
stick to your own goddamn space

forcibly placing god in the private sector and forcibly placing industry/economic development in the public sector does tend to place religious activities in a specific context

 

[spidergoat]

Our deeply personally religious founding citizens made it that way for a good reason. What if the religion in the public sector was not one you could agree with?

 

[lightgigantic]

Our deeply personally religious founding citizens made it that way for a good reason. What if the religion in the public sector was not one you could agree with?

I guess it would be similar to one's country having an economic policy or course of action (like say the invasion of iraq) that one does not agree with

 

[spidergoat]

How did that work out for the American Communists?

 

[lightgigantic]

present day or circa 1960?
Regardless whether a particular paradigm is oppressive to a greater/lesser extent, a dominant paradigm remains a dominant paradigm.