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Charles Darwin · 07-21-2003, 10:17 AM

Folks:

While it certainly is true that there are Americans who argue that CSS (church-state separation) goes against the US heritage, this is not what is mainly at issue. The key complaint, which I'm afraid has some force, is that CSS is itself tied to some religious claim (atheism, gnosticism, deism, ...)

Division By Zero · 07-21-2003, 10:38 AM

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Originally posted by Charles Darwin
The key complaint, which I'm afraid has some force, is that CSS is itself tied to some religious claim (atheism, gnosticism, deism, ...)

How is seperating church and state tied to any religious claim?

Shake · 07-21-2003, 12:56 PM

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Originally posted by Charles Darwin
Folks:

While it certainly is true that there are Americans who argue that CSS (church-state separation) goes against the US heritage, this is not what is mainly at issue. The key complaint, which I'm afraid has some force, is that CSS is itself tied to some religious claim (atheism, gnosticism, deism, ...)

Atheism is not a religion! :banghead:

Charles Darwin · 07-21-2003, 05:50 PM

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Originally posted by Shake
Atheism is not a religion! :banghead:

and "How is seperating church and state tied to any religious claim?"

Sorry folks, but this topic got heavily discussed in another thread ("Is CS Separation Contradictory"), so I've been making my responses there.

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07-21-2003, 10:17 AM	#11
Charles Darwin Regular Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: California Posts: 454	Folks: While it certainly is true that there are Americans who argue that CSS (church-state separation) goes against the US heritage, this is not what is mainly at issue. The key complaint, which I'm afraid has some force, is that CSS is itself tied to some religious claim (atheism, gnosticism, deism, ...)

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