Comments on: Democrats Survey on Religion and State in Australia http://www.postkiwi.com/2006/democrats-survey-on-religion-and-state/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=democrats-survey-on-religion-and-state Duncan Macleod on Faith and Culture Sun, 12 Feb 2012 02:26:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Stuart McKay http://www.postkiwi.com/2006/democrats-survey-on-religion-and-state/comment-page-1/#comment-1551 Stuart McKay Wed, 11 Apr 2007 14:08:45 +0000 http://www.pacifichighlander.postkiwi.com/?p=547#comment-1551 Religion is superstition in it's best clothes. The Bible and the Koran should sit on the same shelf as the Alchemist's Handbook, Practical Astrology and Grimm's Fairy Tales. Education will continue to erode these superstitions; the more I know the less I believe. Please read Sam Harris's excellent book The End of Faith. Religion is superstition in it’s best clothes. The Bible and the Koran should sit on the same shelf as the Alchemist’s Handbook, Practical Astrology and Grimm’s Fairy Tales.

Education will continue to erode these superstitions; the more I know the less I believe.

Please read Sam Harris’s excellent book The End of Faith.

]]> By: Ontario Emperor http://www.postkiwi.com/2006/democrats-survey-on-religion-and-state/comment-page-1/#comment-1550 Ontario Emperor Wed, 02 Aug 2006 03:48:05 +0000 http://www.pacifichighlander.postkiwi.com/?p=547#comment-1550 Regarding tax breaks, I wonder if the United States should entertain the removal of tax exempt status for churches. I speak as a Christian, worried about (a) organizations that claim to be "churches" just to receive the tax break, and (b) the implied "tit for tat" in which churches are "paid off" by tax exemption, in exchange for agreeing to be silent on issues of the day. Regarding using one's religious beliefs to inform one's political views, anyone with any semblance of a religious belief IS going to base their political views on their religious beliefs. Our devotion to God or Allah or whoever should be affecting our entire life, including our political life; anyone who can remove their religious views from their political debates has weak religious views. Regarding tax breaks, I wonder if the United States should entertain the removal of tax exempt status for churches. I speak as a Christian, worried about (a) organizations that claim to be “churches” just to receive the tax break, and (b) the implied “tit for tat” in which churches are “paid off” by tax exemption, in exchange for agreeing to be silent on issues of the day.

Regarding using one’s religious beliefs to inform one’s political views, anyone with any semblance of a religious belief IS going to base their political views on their religious beliefs. Our devotion to God or Allah or whoever should be affecting our entire life, including our political life; anyone who can remove their religious views from their political debates has weak religious views.

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