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Corollary to the argument, several years ago I read an article (or perhaps
part of a book) correlating the theological beliefs of Supreme Court justices
from the 40's and 50's with their religion clause interpretations. I don't
remember the source, but it was interesting.
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Eugene--If you mean your concluding point, as opposed to the opening
point--This is a theological principle in itself. It rests on the
presumed depravity of the human spirit and inherent finitude of humans.
Calvin's Institutes are rife with it, so that Puritans,
Presbyterians, and Congregationalists, among others, in the United States
followed these principles.
Marci
In a
forthcoming article, I make the following argument: "In
principle,
the correlation between theological belief and behavior may
sound
plausible: One could argue, for instance, that people who
believe
that they'll be punished in Hell for evil behavior and rewarded
in
Heaven for good behavior would be much better behaved than those
who
lack such a belief. But I think that laws banning
religious
discrimination generally rest in part on the empirical
conclusion that
these correlations, while plausible in theory, end up
being very weak in
practice."
I'm sure I'm not the
first person to make this argument, and I'd
like to give credit to those
who have made the argument before me, in
more detail than I have.
Can anyone point me to such a source, please?
Please e-mail me off-list,
at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Also, I know that a similar
argument had been made in favor of
abolishing the rule that only people
who believe in a future state of
rewards and punishments may be allowed
to testify under oath. Can
anyone please point me to the classic
case or treatise that may have
made that argument? Many
thanks,
Eugene
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