| Mnementh said: It should be separated for reason: If religion and politics are separated it means, politicians have to give reasons for their decisions, that are based in rationality. If a politician has to resort to religious reasons to explain a decision and gives no other reasons, you have to ask yourself if this decision can really be explained on a rational base. That doesn't mean that all politicians have to be atheists. That only means, they should find reasons for their decisions besides religion. |
pretty much on the dot. morality from religion is fine as long as its backed up by reality. no one has any right to say someone cant hold a view because of their religion. they can contest whether they have itonly because they are told too.
example: the right wing, or "religious right," claims that abortion is bad because its killing, yet we have caused many more deaths than would have happened had we not gone into iraq. The left wing wants abortion because they believe women have the right to it, but that the iraq war is wrong because we are invading a non aggressive country and causing civilian deaths. the right's views conflict, while the left's does not. because they say life is sacred in the bible yet only apply it where they want, it is now hypocracy and not religious views.
