Tim_Tex wrote:
Because of people like him, Fred Phelps, and Pat Robertson, I think the U.S. should ban religion.
Tim
We'd probably have a civil war.
Not only that, but I would consider all moral views to be theological anyway. It could be that I like to read weird thinkers, but honestly, all statements of "oughtness" are transcendent statements and the law is the ultimate statement of "ought". Any and all governments are effectively churches by that standard, enforcing the "true way" upon all underneath them and because of that they are a true source of oppression by imposing false morality, and being the false god.
I would argue first that we ban the state before we ban religion.... dang... I can get into really anarchist moods.