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- Subject: Re: Religious Right (was Re: Rush Limbaugh: Victory from Defeat)
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- From: joslin@pogo.isp.pitt.edu (David Joslin)
- Date: 20 Nov 92 23:44:02 GMT
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- krueger@galileo.physics.arizona.edu (Ted Krueger) writes:
- >>It is only those people who propose
- >>PUBLIC POLICY based on religion-based morality who are in the wrong.
- >
- >Oh! I see! So people who argue that there should be a law against
- >murder are in the wrong. People who argue that there should be a
- >law against thievery are in the wrong. Can't see why it took me
- >so long to understand.
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- Do you really think that the only reason for a society to have laws
- against murder and theft are religion-based moralities?
-
- I would argue that there should be laws against murder and theft
- because without such laws we couldn't have a functioning society.
- I suspect that most of us here enjoy the benefits of living in a
- functioning society. Therefore, if we want to continue to enjoy
- those benefits, we should want to have laws that allow us to do so.
-
- David
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