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Originally Posted by chernmax  He also repealed a tax increase put in place by his predecessor on the people of Louisiana and is doing a great job turning that state around after decades of corruption... |
But the Wiki article said he voted FOR a bill the would more than double legislative pay.
Like most of those people don't already live in huge houses
If I remember correctly, he was starting backpedal on that, stating he wasn't for it, but had resolved to let legislation run itself
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Originally Posted by SamSpade Intelligent design IS religion. I've never, ever heard it advanced by anyone who didn't cite either opposing the teaching of evolution or who wasn't a religious leader on some level. The only reason why people are pushing it at all is they think it's somehow different from "creation science".
Teaching religion AS science is not what I want in schools.
The best way to illustrate this is the same way I ask the question in other political discussions - would you want someone whose religion vastly differs from your own, doing the same thing you're doing? Say, for example, Hindus, Buddhists or Muslims comprised the majority in this country, and as opposition to evolution, they wanted THEIR religious teaching taught as science.
I'm totally, completely ok with teaching different religions - as religion. It's ok to teach this is what Muslims believe, or this is what Hindus believe and so on, provided it avoids bias or judgmentalism. Religious freedom doesn't just mean you get to practice your religion - it means others get to practice theirs, too. |
I was half guessing. I have heard the term before but I thought it was used by people who aren't blind followers and more in to finding how The Creator became the many representations of God. I think most of the religion people practice is grapevine. IE, Someone a thousand years ago saw or wrote something and over time, and through men who wished to have power over something, it's morphed in to what it is now. Like gossip.
I'll have to read more on this because I see there's a lot more to it.
I liked your last comment. It's nice to know about what others believe, so long as you can do your own thing. I read the books for that CSM class on religion( the course was BORING ) and I noticed that the oldest religions fostered many similar religions, so I surmised that all religions are the same, only certain individuals changed and adapted them for their own use and to meet their own "needs".
The beauty of my faith is that I can pick and choose from any religion, what makes me feel good. I believe that the unnamed intelligence is the earth itself and we are all at the mercy of he beauty and rage. Until someone can control the weather and the tide, I'll stick with that.
