Re: 216 Trillion Lemmings Are Scientifically Literate (Part II)


"JF Mezei" <jfmezei.spamnot@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:983cb$460727bf$cef8887a$14691@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
genius@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
not imposing anything ... when you say you are protestant
but know or believe certain things specific to that faith, then
your statement becomes questionable ...

[...snip...]

I do not let some priest, reverand, rabbi, immam, whatever dictate what I am allowed to and disallowed to think or do. I decide for myself.

It is OK to listen to what religious managers have to say. But it not ok to blindly accept their sayings as fact or accept all the lifestyle rules they want to impose on you.


Good points. During the Protestant Reformation we wrestled control of our governments away from religious leaders and vowed to never live under a theocracy again. The American founding fathers (who were almost all amateur scientists by the way) knew this and vowed to keep government and religion apart. You'd never know that today after listening to Jerry Falwell and/or Rush Limbaugh.

NSR


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