Religion and Government

Skeet,
From what I read and heard on the link, I don't think it was so bad.
As I read from the U.S. Constitution, government has the responsibility to allow various religions to promote themselves. Government must not take sides in aiding promotion of one religion over another.
We were founded by Christians as a Christian nation, but that is a cultural thing and cultures do change. In the ghettos of New York City, where my father grew up, each ghetto had its individual culture, including in many cases its specific religion. All of this became assimilated in the last 80 years.
It is said that the Koran requires Muslims to physically convert other human beings to Islam, but that may not be followed. Similarly, the Bible taught brotherhood but yet the Crusaders used physical means to convert other human beings to Christianity.
We should be fearful and alert to extremists, who are motivated by religion or other factors, to deprive us of our individual rights as defined by the Constitution.
However, an Islamic threat from a majority of Muslims does not appear to be of great significance at this time. Much more significant to destroy our individual rights is the present operation of the United States government. That is now the one to be most afraid of.

Art


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This is terrible.
Skeet



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