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

Clairbear  <clair@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>"thomas p." <gudloos@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> "Clairbear" <clair@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>> rfischer@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (Ray Fischer) wrote in news:486d853d$0$17200
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>>>> Clairbear  <clair@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>>>rfischer@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (Ray Fischer) wrote in news:486c4454$0$17224
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>>> i have no problem with Catholic Jews, Muslims or other persons of
>>> faith. You seem to have issues, however with anyone who is not an
>>> atheist.
>> 
>> I have trouble with people who want their personal beliefs confirmed
>> by government authority, otherwise they are free to make-believe all
>> they want. 
> And just what government authority is confirming  anyones personal 
>beliefs 

What do you think that government-sponsored religion is?

>The only source that can confirm ones belief isone's own self 
>and knowledge of their own faith,

That doesn't even make sense.

> Govenment who do enforce the faith would persecute or 
>kill the infidel. Just ask anyone who lives in an Islamic states with 
>their sharia(not sure on this spelling) law. Where in us history has 
>anyone told you how to believe?

Where?  Quite a few times in US history.  A more recent example is the
KKK.

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Ray Fischer         
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