Yeah, hence my disclaimer: "Sure their idea of religious freedom was a bit different, but the spirit has broadened and endured and become a bedrock of Americanism."
Though certainly there are many people today who would just as soon implement the Puritans idea of "religious freedom". On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 3:12 PM, Larry C. Lyons <larrycly...@gmail.com>wrote: > > I thought that they sought religious freedom for themselves, so they > could joyfully suppress others. E.g., the puritans in new england or > the catholics in Maryland really had a lot of fun suppressing any > other christian or indian religion within their territorial bounds. > > On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 3:56 PM, GMoney <gm0n3...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 2:52 PM, Eric Roberts < > > ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote: > > > >> > >> Ther is already exemptions for conscientious objectors...so they are > >> covered. Not all conscientious objectors do so for religious reasons. > I > >> think these faiths need to get out of the middle ages and modernize a > bit. > >> We don't allow others to walk around carrying large knives that can > almost > >> be considered a short sword, so why should they be special? > >> > > > > Perhaps because this country was founded by people who risked their lives > > seeking a nation that would provide them religious freedom....? Sure > their > > idea of religious freedom was a bit different, but the spirit has > broadened > > and endured and become a bedrock of Americanism. > > > > This means we do what we can, within the confines of what is reasonable, > to > > accommodate people's religious beliefs...no matter how ridiculous they > seem. > > > > So really, there is no debate as to whether we should allow some > religious > > exemptions....we should....the question is, what constitutes > "reasonable", > > and when does it become truly criminal? > > > > For instance, passively murdering your child seems....criminal to me. > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:345294 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
