| | Jody,
As a courtesy to Pete who started this thread for this discussion, I'm answering you here instead of in the "Galt's Gulch" thread.
Do you think all of these laws stem from Marxism? If all of these are explicitly Christian laws, then why were they also laws in the officially atheist Communist states? And how does the spotty enforcement of decrepit blue laws compare to the significant intrusions upon our lives for socialist statutes mandating compulsory public education, environmental controls of land and production, the transfer of wealth through the welfare state, the restrictions on free speech during elections, and so on. And what about the New Puritans, most of whom are not practicing Christians, and their prohibitions on smoking, guns, drinking, pornography, T.V. violence, etc.?
If you want to run around and cry the sky is falling every time Pat Robertson or Jerry Falwell utters some inanity, go ahead. Meanwhile, I'll keep my eye on the ball.
You honestly believe this? You also posited the Catholic Church as being a to-each-his-own branch of Christianity. Are you honestly saying that the Catholic Church has made no attempt to insure that our laws are not a direct plagiarism of their 'infallible' interpretation of Biblical law? Jody, you can invent bogeymen if you want, but what good does that do you? Adam Reed has apparently lost his marbles thinking there's a Christian around every corner out to get him. He even seems to think they've shortened his life somehow. Is that the paranoid path you want to follow? Do you honestly believe Christians are salivating for an opportunity to throw a sinner like you in prison? Do you really know what the Catholic Church teaches? Do you really know what most traditional Christians want? (I won't account for liberal Christians for whom their religion takes a backseat to their socialist politics.)
Any belief system that relegates metaphysics to the fiat of a god and relegates epistemology to divine revelation is nothing but a philosophy that can lead to a correct logic(based upon the their own premises) that calls for the killing of the infidels. The Marxist, the pomo's, and any religion is dangerous because they have thrown away objective reality and reason. Once you do this, any irrational belief goes as long as the guru is convincing enough. Yes, I see you've returned to your fallback position that a belief in God is what makes Christians evil.
What it comes down to, Jody, is this: Objectivism was a big eye-opener for me. It's a demanding philosophy that isn't kind to beliefs that aren't grounded firmly in reality. I have had to discard a lot of nonsense in my thinking to meet its demands. One of the benefits is that it has given me a healthy respect for using language objectively. Words like evil actually mean something, something deadly serious. So I don't toss it around lightly, because evil must be despised, rebuked, opposed, and defeated. That's a lot of work. Therefore, I don't go looking for enemies where they don't exist.
Andy
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