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- From: laurel.schippers@hal9k.ann-arbor.mi.us (Laurel Schippers)
- Newsgroups: alt.rush-limbaugh
- Subject: SECULARISM
- Message-ID: <3378.97.uupcb@hal9k.ann-arbor.mi.us>
- Date: 4 Jan 93 10:13:00 GMT
- Reply-To: laurel.schippers@hal9k.ann-arbor.mi.us (Laurel Schippers)
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- -> alt.rush-limbaugh,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,alt.politics.clinton,alt.po
- -> From: kellmeye@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (kellmeyer steven l)
- -> Subject: Re: Lifestyle Choices and Secular Reasoning
- -> Message-ID: <C0Ax5F.9K6@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
- -> Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
- -> References: <1992Dec30.162502.6756@asl.dl.nec.com>
- -> <1992Dec30.185545.26789@cbne Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1993 23:27:01 GMT
- -> Not everyone gives a damn about secularism either, but it appears to
- -> be forced on the great majority of the population whether they will
- -> it or no. Furthermore, anyone who has spent any amount of time
- -> studying the history of science would find your last statement to be
- -> absolutely absurd. The entire concept of a university was founded
- -> around advancing theological study. Indeed, the term "professor"
- -> began as a reference to one who was a "professor of the faith" and
- -> who studied it regularly.
-
- Secularism is not forced on the population. The First Amendment
- protects both your right to privately practice your religion and
- my right to be free of your religious practices. You can go to any
- church, temple, or shrine you wish. You can teach your children to
- believe in any god you wish. How are you being "forced" into
- secularism?
-
- If you're talking about schools, it's a violation of the
- Establishment Clause to teach kids "God does not exist," just as
- it is a violation to teach them "God exists." Unless you'd be
- just as happy having your kids in one class taught atheism, in
- another fundamental Baptist theology, and in a third Goddess-
- worship, why do you object to the First Amendment?
-
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