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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 02:05 PM Original message |
Irony alert: Which nation has an official church and which has separation of church and state? |
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LiberalLoner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 02:09 PM Response to Original message |
1. Don't worry, that will soon be remedied - welcome to the United States of |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
2. I don't get it. nt |
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A HERETIC I AM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 02:16 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. You don't get it? England has an official state church... |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 02:18 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Charles Darwin was british and an internationally recognized scientific juggernaut |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 02:21 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. OK, then imagine this on a ten dollar bill.. |
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RedCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 06:36 PM Response to Reply #5 |
17. Darwin, rejected by the Church of England's bishops, became their primate! |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 07:30 AM Response to Reply #5 |
27. No it is actually proof that reason wins over |
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ClassWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 11:06 AM Response to Reply #5 |
31. Exactly. It's more about nationalism, not religion -- in the country with an official state church. |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 01:35 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. People have different opinions.. |
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ClassWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 01:14 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. What if someone's opinion is the same as your own, but they get all confrontational anyway? |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 06:53 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Then one or the other of you is not expressing yourself well.. |
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ClassWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 09:41 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. By the looks of responses to this thread, the OP was expressing her/his self very clearly. |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 10:33 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. The OP is mine.. |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 02:11 PM Response to Original message |
3. What an excellent point! |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
7. I love this -- recommend. Nt |
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keith the dem (587 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
8. Most churches accept evolution, |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 03:06 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. I grew up Episcopalian, I know all that.. |
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keith the dem (587 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 03:41 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. I Understand. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 07:48 PM Response to Reply #8 |
20. Really? Tell that to Americans. |
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keith the dem (587 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
9. oops...delete |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
12. Great point! "Gravity is a Theory"needs to be on ours |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 07:46 PM Response to Reply #12 |
19. And soon, we can have the official "Pi=Three Dollar Bill"! (NT) |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
13. From what I've seen the Church of England has more political influence than the Queen... |
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invictus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
14. K&R. Get that stupid "god" nonsense off our money! |
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Festivito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 06:24 PM Response to Original message |
15. I keep trying to tell you, the more you try to separate, the worse things will get. |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 06:27 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. So a theocracy gives the maximum amount of religious freedom? |
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Festivito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 06:58 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. My goodness, you must be hearing things echoing in your box. |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 08:47 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. I just took your statement to its logical conclusion.. |
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Festivito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 12:04 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Oh. That's so sad. Do you need glasses? |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 12:43 AM Response to Reply #23 |
24. What freedom is it that you think has been taken from you? |
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Festivito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 02:17 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Was that too hard for you? Hint: It's a first. ... that I, Amen, Duh, Meant. |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 07:24 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. You might as well be speaking Minoan or Etruscan.. |
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Festivito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 10:51 AM Response to Reply #26 |
30. Good morning. |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 07:37 AM Response to Reply #23 |
28. wow. n/t |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 08:34 PM Response to Original message |
21. Considering money is the only thing most Christian preachers worship it's pretty fitting. |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 07:38 AM Response to Reply #21 |
29. An excellent point. |
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