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Quoting teaschip1: I don't need your personal attacks here. Call me mental, insane and no morals. So I'm going to make a sane decision and not continue to debate Clinton with you. I do find it ironic, you defending someone who clearly has no morals. I wonder what kind of character you are.  |
...So back to the character of Ann Coulter, who you say you love, just what brand of Christianity do you/she support? Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Coptic, Protestant (Baptist, Lutheran, Calvinism...) or one of the others? Should it be the Nicene Creed or Arian? Should they be Trinitarian or Unitarian? What about the Noahide laws?
It is tragic how many lives were ruined over just such issues. How many even know what the differences are? How many had the chance to find out?
Religion is a very personal matter and one that can not be forced. It is useless if the heart does not partake. I do believe it is in the US constitution everyone should have the freedom to seek their path with a open heart and mind and no fear of persecution in their search. One can not force one to be a Christian, Muslim or Atheist.
The greatly esteemed first president George Washington
....was an early supporter of religious toleration and freedom of religion. In 1775, he ordered that his troops not show anti-Catholic sentiments by burning the pope in effigy on Guy Fawkes Night. When hiring workmen for Mount Vernon, he wrote to his agent, "If they be good workmen, they may be from Asia, Africa, or Europe; they may be Mohammedans, Jews, or Christians of any sect, or they may be Atheists."[44] In 1790, he wrote a response to a letter from the Touro Synagogue, in which he said that as long as people remain good citizens, their faith does not matter. This was a relief to the Jewish community of the United States, since the Jews had been either expelled from or prejudiced against in many European countries.
Did you know more than a few of the founding fathers of the USA were not Christians, they were Deists?
"We know who the homicidal maniacs are." Really??? Is Ms. Coulter who is acting like judge and jury is a psychic? As an American, what about:
Presumption of innocence is a legal right that the accused in criminal trials has in many modern nations. It states that no person shall be considered guilty until finally convicted by a court. The burden of proof is thus on the prosecution, which has to convince the court that the accused is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. In principle, the defense does not have to 'prove' anything. However, the defense may present evidence tending to show that there is a doubt as to the guilt of the accused. "innocent until proven guilty"?
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