Nomonation: Theist Quote of the Month (was: 10 Commandments and the Law)



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Topic: Religions > Atheism
User: "Cary Kittrell"
Date: 07 Sep 2005 10:21:53 PM
Object: Nomonation: Theist Quote of the Month (was: 10 Commandments and the Law)
writing (at this point) as "Tohu.Bohu@hotmail.com" he said:
AC wrote:

On 7 Sep 2005 13:01:23 -0700,
Codebreaker@bigsecret.com <Codebreaker@bigsecret.com> wrote:


{...}


Apparently, american founders did not read the History
of the Church otherwise, they would have done as
Constantine did. Convene a Council and outlaw
any illegal church


I think they knew the history of the Church better than you could ever hope
to, which is why they decided that separating church and state was a very
good idea.

Convening American Council was a better idea.
If Constantine did it during
the chaos of the Christological debate, any stateman could do
the same for the sake of harmony.


[begin nomonated portion; it's quite brief:]

You don't fight religious anarchy with freedom of religion.
[end nominated portion]
-- cary
.

User: "Meteorite Debris"

Title: Re: Nomonation: Theist Quote of the Month (was: 10 Commandments and the Law) 08 Sep 2005 01:02:12 AM
On Wed, 7 Sep 2005 22:21:53 +0000 (UTC) the ET form known as Cary
Kittrell<cary@afone.as.arizona.edu> sent a radio signal across the
vast expanse of deep space -._.--._.--._.--._.--._.--._.


writing (at this point) as "Tohu.Bohu@hotmail.com" he said:

AC wrote:

On 7 Sep 2005 13:01:23 -0700,
Codebreaker@bigsecret.com <Codebreaker@bigsecret.com> wrote:


{...}


Apparently, american founders did not read the History
of the Church otherwise, they would have done as
Constantine did. Convene a Council and outlaw
any illegal church


I think they knew the history of the Church better than you could ever hope
to, which is why they decided that separating church and state was a very
good idea.



Convening American Council was a better idea.
If Constantine did it during
the chaos of the Christological debate, any stateman could do
the same for the sake of harmony.


[begin nomonated portion; it's quite brief:]

You don't fight religious anarchy with freedom of religion.

[end nominated portion]

Seconded.
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User: "*nemo*"

Title: Re: Nomonation: Theist Quote of the Month (was: 10 Commandments and the Law) 13 Sep 2005 08:26:02 AM
In article <MPG.1d8a157667f62c8b98a223@news.optusnet.com.au>,
Meteorite Debris <epicurus1@YOUR_SHOESoptusnet.com.au> wrote:

On Wed, 7 Sep 2005 22:21:53 +0000 (UTC) the ET form known as Cary
Kittrell<cary@afone.as.arizona.edu> sent a radio signal across the
vast expanse of deep space -._.--._.--._.--._.--._.--._.


writing (at this point) as "Tohu.Bohu@hotmail.com" he said:

AC wrote:

On 7 Sep 2005 13:01:23 -0700,
Codebreaker@bigsecret.com <Codebreaker@bigsecret.com> wrote:


{...}


Apparently, american founders did not read the History
of the Church otherwise, they would have done as
Constantine did. Convene a Council and outlaw
any illegal church


I think they knew the history of the Church better than you could ever
hope
to, which is why they decided that separating church and state was a very
good idea.



Convening American Council was a better idea.
If Constantine did it during
the chaos of the Christological debate, any stateman could do
the same for the sake of harmony.


[begin nomonated portion; it's quite brief:]

You don't fight religious anarchy with freedom of religion.

[end nominated portion]


Seconded.

Recorded.
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