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Re: Democracy...
[email protected] on 16/09/98 00:48:25
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>Vivek Vaidya wrote:
> Ever heard of seperation of church and state? Democracy? the rights of
> the individual? While you certainly have the right to practice your
> religion in what ever manner you so choose demanding that everyone > else
> does, or that the president of the us of ais subject to you PERSONAL
> faith decisions is outragous
>
> Vivek Vaidya
>
But whoever said I'm in the US?
Where did I make any such demand?
However, if you believe in something to be life changing and beneficial to
both the idividual and society you'll want or
be compelled to "pass it on". I can't and do not wish to force any one to
any point of view, that's pointless.
What I wanted to illustrate is that there are absolutes, to say there are
no obsolutes is in itself an absolute and so is self
defeating. We must have absolutes. These are often agreed on and applied
through the legal systems but they are still there.
Thus, when examining the behaviour of people in power we apply rules to
encompass that power ie you can go so far and
no further. When we are talking about national leaders in the west that do
represent a wide range of views this can become
more difficult but there still must be a yard stick agreed.
PS If ol' Bill claims to be a Christian then he himself is setting the yard
stick against we should measure him.