<p>are you republican killerangel?
(seems like a dumb question, but i need to know)</p>
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Hm. I imagine at large America and the UK and the Republic of China and Ancient Rome and Greece.
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<p>As much as you hate to hear it, religion does play a role in American and UK politics. With Christian interest groups and anti-gay/anti-abortion Christian evengelicals contributing in elections, religion plays a role in shaping issues.</p>
<p>Republic of China is a horrible place to be because of thei atheistic and communist ideals. I've met many people from their and they all seem dissatisfied with China.</p>
<p>Religion did play a role in Roman empire, FYI. Look all all the artwork from ancient Greece and Rome. Most were made in honor of the gods :)</p>
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are you republican killerangel?
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<p>I am moderate.</p>
<p>Really what role does religion play in the UK? I haven't heard anything of Christian evangelicals doing anything in the UK. They have legalized gay marriage, abortion is already legal absolutely on demand, birth control and morning after pills are distributed at school. Yeah lots of religious influences going there.</p>
<p>which party do you prefer then? republican or democrat?</p>
<p>"Imagine a country ruled by atheistic ideals LOL."</p>
<p>There aren't any atheistic ideals. Atheists are only united in their belief that God doesn't exist. The philosophical and political systems that could be classified under atheism range from Buddhism to Stalinism.</p>
<p>oops, Effulgent, i did not see you are from florida.</p>
<p>Ill pay attention before i bash (albeit jokingly) someone's state next time haha ("i guess word has not got down to florida yet").</p>
<p>"There is no definite year which the Renaissance came." </p>
<p>I can agree with that...I guess some historians draw a distinction just for classification purposes.</p>
<p>Killer angel: Imagine a country ruled by atheistic ideals LOL. All I can think of is Communist China.</p>
<p>Not to forget freedom of speech, assembly, and worship.</p>
<p>Imagine what would have happened if pat robertson won presidency in 1992. I can say with certainty that if Robertson were president, i would kill myself, or kill him</p>
<p>one of us would die.</p>
<p>LOL. im agnostic, but god help us all if Pat was elected president.</p>
<p>"[Homosexuals] want to come into churches and disrupt church services and throw blood all around and try to give people AIDS and spit in the face of ministers." -Pat Robertson</p>
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Really what role does religion play in the UK? I haven't heard anything of Christian evangelicals doing anything in the UK. They have legalized gay marriage, abortion is already legal absolutely on demand, birth control and morning after pills are distributed at school. Yeah lots of religious influences going there.
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<p>Did you know that 70% of the people in Britain identify themselves as Christians? Ever heard of a atheist UK Prime Minister? And do you really think a person has a chance becoming an elected politician if he/she is atheist?</p>
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Not to forget freedom of speech, assembly, and worship.</p>
<p>Imagine what would have happened if pat robertson won presidency in 1992. I can say with certainty that if Robertson were president, i would kill myself, or kill him</p>
<p>one of us would die.
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<p>The last time I've heard of a true atheistic government was under Stalin. And everyone knows how things under him was like.....</p>
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which party do you prefer then? republican or democrat?
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<p>I am leaning towards Democrat. I like many liberal ideals such as welfare programs :)</p>
<p>oh. thats surprising.</p>
<p>So what if that many people define themselves as religious. It doesn't effect politics. I live in a thoroughly Catholic state of a religious country. Besides giving off Catholic holidays and hearing the damn church bells at all hours religion has no bearing on my life. </p>
<p>There is a big difference between countries with a large religious population and those that allow religion into politics. Big difference.</p>
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So what if that many people define themselves as religious. It doesn't effect politics. I live in a thoroughly Catholic state of a religious country. Besides giving off Catholic holidays and hearing the damn church bells at all hours religion has no bearing on my life.
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<p>I am not talking about religion having importance in your life. Religion is influential in politics. You can prove me wrong when a democratically elected official who is atheist comes to power. And if that ever happened, I doubt that politician benefitted the people of his country.</p>
<p>atheistic gov't does not have to be a dictatorship</p>
<p>Atheistic gov't implies a separation of church and state on all levels.</p>
<p>.....More of Pat Robertson</p>
<p>(talking about apartheid South Africa) "I think 'one man, one vote,' just unrestricted democracy, would not be wise. There needs to be some kind of protection for the minority which the white people represent now, a minority, and they need and have a right to demand a protection of their rights."--Pat Robertson, "The 700 Club," 3/18/92</p>
<p>"The feminist agenda is not about equal rights for women. It is about a socialist, anti-family political movement that encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism, and become lesbians." -- Pat Robertson, fundraising letter, 1992</p>
<p>My favorite quotes.</p>
<p>(talking about Planned Parenthood) "It is teaching kids to fornicate, teaching people to have adultery, every kind of bestiality, homosexuality, lesbianism-everything that the Bible condemns."--Pat Robertson, "The 700 Club," 4/9/91</p>
<p>"We're going to bring back God and the Bible and drive the gods of secular humanism right out of the public schools of America." --Presidential candidate Pat Buchanan addressing the anti-gay rally in Des Moines, 2-11-96</p>
<p>This is what happens when religion dominates government....</p>
<p>"When I said during my presidential bid that I would only bring Christians and Jews into the government, I hit a firestorm. <code>What do you mean?' the media challenged me.</code>You're not going to bring atheists into the government? How dare you maintain that those who believe in the Judeo Christian values are better qualified to govern America than Hindus and Muslims?' My simple answer is, `Yes, they are.'" --from Pat Robertson's "The New World Order," page 218.</p>
<p>he's such a nutcase, really. i remember when i was REALLY young, and i'd see the 700 club on UPN and i'd be like "hey! it looks like the news is on!" and then id sit for and watch for a couple minutes, confused, because i didnt know what it was, LOL</p>
<p>I don't care about the atheist nature or not of a politician. I don't care what his religion is if anything. I can accept that religion might have some role in politics, but I don't want it dictating policy. I accept that people elected will be religious, as long as they don't force it on everyone. </p>
<p>I am not an atheist. I just don't want some extremist religious views being forced upon me as law. I couldn't stand for that.</p>
<p>I agree that religion shouldnt dictate policy, even though it influences politics.</p>
<p>All I want is homosexuality and abortion to be banned.</p>
<p>I understand your sentiment scarlet, i think that religion should have no impact whatsoever in national policy . It should be no more significant than the color of a person's eyes.</p>
<p>Firewalker...my first experience with the 700 club was similar. haha</p>
<p>that is, again, an imposition of your morals and moral standard on everybody else. That is like a vegitarian saying, demanding that nobody eat meat.</p>
<p>You cannot impose their own ideas on a society.</p>
<p>what is it that is inherently wrong with homosexuality or abortion (other than a bunch of religion beating rednecks telling you so)</p>