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Originally posted by ledvm:

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This discussion in the easiest example of why government should stay out of religion.

I actually agree with the purest sense of that^^^statement.

It should stay totally out, as in not have any sort of opinion or governance there of. Religion should never arise above the state level in governance and is best dealt with at the county level.

The state government must remain neutral as well. The 1st Amendment is incorporated against the states. Glad for it.

A federal right is a federal right regardless of where one stand. I have the right not to have my county nor state tell me what Gos to believe in, what pray I must say to acecess state services.

You are completely off.

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Originally posted by LHeym500:
Well, if you are a Christian, you believe God and Jesus are one. Jesus according to orthodox Christianity was not a created being.

Therefore, to accept God but deny Jesus is to not believe in God that Christians believe in.

And Jews and Muslims don’t believe Jesus was the Son of God/God in the flesh either.

But in essence we agree on more than we disagree and in the end…we worship the same God. If you “choose” to see it differently that is on you. Christian’s duty is to spread the Good News and show them we do worship the same God.

So it's okay with you if the school has students say Catholic or Mormon prayers in class?

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Originally posted by RolandtheHeadless:
So it's okay with you if the school has students say Catholic or Mormon prayers in class?

watch ole rollypolly headless squirm .. if the communities says "these are our standards" who would be enough of an elitist moron to argue?

you don't have to answer, honey, we know .. but fifi is an idiot (and needs to be medicated) , and he's on your side

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Originally posted by RolandtheHeadless:
So it's okay with you if the school has students say Catholic or Mormon prayers in class?

I sent my son to Catholic private school through the 7th grade. Just so he would be around Christian prayer in school. I am not Catholic but have no problem praying with them.

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'Abomination': Top Republicans blasted as Jimmy Carter is brought to the Capitol
Story by Sarah Burris, Raw Story • 12h • 2 min read

Fans of the late former President Jimmy Carter weren't happy to see Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) delivering speeches as the late Democrat was placed in the Capitol rotunda.

Several people commented that Johnson incorrectly said that Carter served in the Army and then followed it with the detail that Carter was on a submarine.

Kieran Francke, a Democratic Party Committee person from Chester County, Pennsylvania, pointed out on Bluesky that Carter was the only president to ever graduate from the Naval Academy and served on one of the first nuclear submarines.

Ted Johnson, a Washington, D.C. correspondent for Deadline, also noticed that Fox News was the only U.S. news network to skip the remarks. Instead, they showed their daily show, "The Five."

Vice President Kamala Harris "has spent these last two days showing the country what it means to work with grace and class. Her speech memorializing President Carter puts Mike Johnson's efforts to shame," said retired investigative TV journalist Hillary Lake on X.

Artist Candee Corliss posted, "It's making my skin crawl that John Thune and Mike Johnson are making speeches for former President Jimmy Carter."

"It is an abomination to have a bigot like Mike Johnson standing and speaking words about equality and non-discrimination at a memorial for Jimmy Carter," complained a retired Navy veteran.

Yawn. Surely you can find something else to occupy yourself. Can’t find any squirrels or quail to hunt until it gets warm enough to set a trotline? I am worried about your sanity.

Yea, you have a point, finally.

I took my boat in today for service on the motor to get it ready.

I should have done most of it myself, but I spend too much time here.

I'm more worried about my productivity than sanity.