Re: Prayer at public meetings under attack...again

"thomas p." <gudloos@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "Mark K. Bilbo" <gmail@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> Clairbear wrote:
>>> Bob Officer <bobofficers@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>> On 02 Jul 2008 01:13:09 GMT, in alt.abortion, Clairbear
>>>> <clair@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>>> Bob Officer <bobofficers@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>>>> The moment one has a religious prayer at a public (government
>>>>>> sponsored) event, you have established a state religion.
>>>>> That is just another left wing strawman a prayer is NOT an
>>>>> endorsement or establishment of ONE religion over another.
>>>> Yes it is. Just who do you think the prayer is directed to? a
>>>> (fictional) deity. That makes the prayer an act of wor****p. Any act
>>>> of wor****p becomes an establishment.
>>>>
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>>>>> What harm is a moment of prayer.
>>>> It becomes an establishment of religion. Just who do you think the
>>>> prayer is directed?
>>>>> If there is a God the prayer is beneficial to all present and if
>>>>> there is no God it does do any real harm.
>>>> Logic isn't your strong subject, is it?
>>>>
>>>>> Like the little old jewish lady says when feeding a person with
>>>>> the flu chicken soup when ask if it
>>>>> will help "it could.nt hurt"
>>>> Actually it could, depending upon the ingredients...
>>>>
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>>>
>>> I guess you had better hope he is fictional If not eternity is a
>>> long time to spend in hell. People  with no faith like you must live
>>> a life of hopeless desperation considering how soon the end comes.
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>> I knew you could...
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> He has been trying so hard to present himself as a reasonable,
> tolerant person.  It didn't take long for the threats to begin did it? 
>> Can you say "projection"? 
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Threats? Where?  You got freewill use it If some opt in and others opt out

on religion it is their choice. That simple. We all live with the 
consequences of our choices.