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Rufus Wrote:Cailean, sometimes it feels as if your answers are too "correct". Sorry. How about a little more "heart?"
Not sure what to do with this... I'll try to lay out what I believe:

The Public Law
1) The public law applies to all people of a given jurisdiction regardless of their faith.
2) Religious law is relevant only to those who are faithful to the particular religion. For example, Islamic law has no legitimacy to Christians, and vice-versa. Similarly, no religious law is relevant to those of no faith.
3) If the public law is based on a particular religious doctrine, the remainder of the population is alienated and marginalized.
4) The public law must be as inclusive as possible to allow the full participation of all people in the state.

If you want people to follow the Word of God (which we all do), you must bring them to know God first, and then teach them His ways. In the meantime, forcing people to conform to a narrowly defined worldview only serves to push them further from God.

The separation of Church and State was achieved at the Treaty of Westphalia in 1648, bringing peace to Europe after a generation of religious war. They recognized, as we should, that states containing multiple faiths cannot be governed peacefully if the government supports or represents a particular religious belief.

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Marriage - by Rufus - Jul 12, 2004, 15:07
Marriage - by de_axeman - Jul 12, 2004, 16:51
Marriage - by shuttertalk - Jul 12, 2004, 20:35
Marriage - by Rufus - Jul 12, 2004, 22:41
Marriage - by shuttertalk - Jul 12, 2004, 23:37
Marriage - by Rufus - Jul 13, 2004, 02:08
Marriage - by de_axeman - Jul 13, 2004, 02:22
Marriage - by Rufus - Jul 15, 2004, 01:48
Marriage - by shuttertalk - Jul 15, 2004, 02:13
Marriage - by de_axeman - Jul 18, 2004, 21:05
Marriage - by Rufus - Jul 19, 2004, 03:57
Marriage - by Cailean - Jul 24, 2004, 02:41
Marriage - by Rufus - Jul 24, 2004, 03:58
Marriage - by Cailean - Jul 24, 2004, 07:48
Marriage - by Rufus - Jul 24, 2004, 16:40
Marriage - by adam - Jul 24, 2004, 18:14
Marriage - by Cailean - Jul 24, 2004, 21:46
Marriage - by adam - Jul 25, 2004, 02:11
Marriage - by shuttertalk - Jul 25, 2004, 04:27
Marriage - by de_axeman - Jul 25, 2004, 17:12
Marriage - by Cailean - Jul 25, 2004, 17:19
Marriage - by de_axeman - Jul 25, 2004, 17:43
Marriage - by Rufus - Jul 25, 2004, 23:09
Marriage - by Rufus - Jul 25, 2004, 23:11
Marriage - by de_axeman - Jul 26, 2004, 00:16
Marriage - by Rufus - Jul 26, 2004, 04:50
Marriage - by Cailean - Jul 26, 2004, 07:14
Marriage - by shuttertalk - Jul 26, 2004, 07:24
Marriage - by Cailean - Jul 26, 2004, 09:13
Marriage - by Cailean - Jul 26, 2004, 09:18
Marriage - by Rufus - Jul 26, 2004, 10:17
Marriage - by de_axeman - Aug 5, 2004, 20:35
Marriage - by shuttertalk - Aug 5, 2004, 21:05
Marriage - by Rufus - Aug 6, 2004, 04:55
Marriage - by Cailean - Aug 6, 2004, 06:08
Marriage - by Rufus - Aug 6, 2004, 06:47
Marriage - by de_axeman - Aug 8, 2004, 17:34

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