[quote=FredFlash]
First, where did you get the silly notion that civil government has authority to decide what the people's religious convictions and then assume the duty to express them? Do you believe that one's religious obligations can be delegated to a third party. I thought it was a tenet of Christianity that one had to account to God for his faith.
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Originally Posted by FOJ
Where did I state that the government should decide what people's religious beliefs are, and then express them?
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You seemed to be implying it.
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I stated that the people would do so.
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You mean the majority of the people. Right? Religious truth is determined by numbers? Right?
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I was speaking of community-based expressions such as nativity scenes on public lands (a historical sore spot for my own town in particular).
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Who pays for the accquistion, installation and maintanace of these community-based religious expressions? Public tax dollars?
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You seem to be reading a great deal into my statements that I have not actually said.
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Sorry about that.
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No, I do not believe our religious obligations can be given over to the government. Most religious obligations are inherently private (prayer, Bible study, etc.). Yes, of course, we give an account of ourselves to God. I don't see what that has to do with public religious expression.
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I'm trying to make sure you're not trying to disguise civil authority over religion as public religious expressions.