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Originally Posted by Clint
What we need is a strong theocracy that agrees with my theology...All this talk about neutrality regarding religion in government is just talk. Look at the leaders of the “separation of Church and State” movements. Aren’t they almost exclusively agnostic, atheistic or a part of the group that isn’t in the majority at the time?
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Since when does a majority defend the rights of minorities? America
used to stand for equality but Liberal values like equality have gone out of style in America. The wants and wishes of the majority are always guaranteed. Who defends freedom except minorities? Of what value is freedom unless it is freedom for all- even those who are different?
My church has a department of attorneys and lobbyists who defend the religious rights of all other religions. We won for Mennonites in one of the eastern states, the right to obtain drivers’ licenses without having to be photographed. We have defended Catholics, Mormons, Muslims, Ba'hais- we even tried to defend a couple of Native Americans who lost their jobs for smoking Peyote in their religious rituals.
We publish the number one periodical regarding freedom of religion, Liberty Magazine. Our offerings pay to put a monthly Liberty magazine on the desk of every judge and lawmaker and every Evangelical in America that we can think of. Most of them receive our message coolly because freedom of conscience clashes with their agenda.
We started the ball rolling on the Workplace Religious Freedom Act, and lobby for it constantly. Our church
never tells anyone who to vote for, and stays as neutral as possible on every issue, except for protecting every citizens’ right to practice their religion as their conscience dictates. In every country where we have churches we are as good citizens and try to stay as friendly to government as conscience allows.
As you might imagine, in the U.S. we are increasingly walking on a tight-rope. We are pro-life, but we stay out of the abortion debate, because the pro-life forces have a hidden agenda to press other religion-enforcing laws that we don’t endorse.
We started Americans United for Separation of Church and State. Unfortunately, we were so open-minded that we joined hands with atheists and allowed them to collaborate with us in that effort- mistakenly thinking that they loved freedom of conscience as much as we do. Instead, they took it over, and Americans United has become Atheists United for the Suppression of Any and All Religion in Our Culture. That is not separation of church and state- it only proves that Atheism is a religion, and is seeking to establish an anti-God “theocracy” of it’s own, to deprive those who believe in God of their rights of free expression.
I want a government according to my religion- that is that you, whoever you are, whatever you do (as long is it’s not harming anyone else) are free to believe or not to believe, practice or not to practice. I’m not just talking. I’m part of a movement that’s doing something about it.