"Jeff Strickland"
another had written:
>:|> It is not possible to have freedom of religion without freedom from
>:|> religion.
>:|That is absolutely not true.
That is absolutely 100% true.
It is totally impossiible to have freedom of something without having its
opposite which is freedom from that something.
You have been involved in this very same argument a nyumber of times
before.
You have had all the data presented you and and you still maintain your
false lame position.
That is exactly why so many reasonable and intelligent people in these
newgroups over the past several years have and still do continue to
ridicule you.
A Discussion of Freedom of Religion And Freedom From Religion
http://candst.tripod.com/freefrom.htm
Your problem is you either do not understand this concept at all or you go
out of your way to build a strawman that you use as a phony example for
your position to look valid
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You are invited to check out the following:
The Rise of the Theocratic States of America
http://members.tripod.com/~candst/theocracy.htm
American Theocrats - Past and Present
http://members.tripod.com/~candst/theocrats.htm
The Constitutional Principle: Separation of Church and State
http://members.tripod.com/~candst/index.html
[and to join the discussion group for the above site and/or Separation of
Church and State in general, listed below]
HRSepCnS ยท Historical Reality SepChurch&State
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HRSepCnS/
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. . . You can't understand a phrase such as "Congress shall make no law
respecting an establishment of religion" by syllogistic reasoning. Words
take their meaning from social as well as textual contexts, which is why "a
page of history is worth a volume of logic." New York Trust Co. v. Eisner,
256 U.S. 345, 349, 41 S.Ct. 506, 507, 65 L.Ed. 963 (1921) (Holmes, J.).
Sherman v. Community Consol. Dist. 21, 980 F.2d 437, 445 (7th Cir. 1992)
. . .
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USAF LT. COL (Ret) Buffman (Glen P. Goffin) wrote
"You pilot always into an unknown future;
facts are your only clue. Get the facts!"
That philosophy 'snipit' helped to get me, and my crew, through a good
many combat missions and far too many scary, inflight, emergencies.
It has also played a significant role in helping me to expose the
plethora of radical Christian propaganda and lies that we find at
almost every media turn.
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THE CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLE:
SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE
http://members.tripod.com/~candst/index.html
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