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Jim Castelli

Wed, 14 May 2008 00:57:58 GMT

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clipper's remarks: A US Journalist... on religion in the public square.

Religion is bad for American politics when it undermines the civil religion: when it speaks of political matters with the certitude of faith in a pluralistic society in which faith cannot be used as a political standard; when it treats opponents as agents of Satan; when it weakens a sense of national community; when it violates the precept of the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom which formed the basis for the First Amendment -- the precept that any American should no more be treated any differently than any other American on the basis of his or her opinions about religion than on the basis of his or her opinions on literature or geometry.

Bush-Cheney patriotism...

Tue, 13 May 2008 23:58:54 GMT

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Clip Source: www.truthdig.com

Tags: patriotism

Twain on the Book of Mormon

Tue, 13 May 2008 22:56:15 GMT

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clipper's remarks: One of my favorite quotes... I haven't read thru this one yet myself -- for the exact reason Mr. Twain cites.

Its even more boring (and ridiculous) than the bible.

Clip Source: dwindlinginunbelief.blogspot.com

The book is a curiosity to me, it is such a pretentious affair, and yet so "slow," so sleepy; such an insipid mess of inspiration. It is chloroform in print. If Joseph Smith composed this book, the act was a miracle--keeping awake while he did it was, at any rate.