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Originally Posted by piece-itpete
Not science, obviously not. The blind belief in science and government.
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Science is not a matter of belief but of discovery and observation. Government, on the other hand, (or politics) is all too often a matter of belief and faith. That's one of the biggest reasons it must never be mixed with religion.
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A clarifying question would be, what constitutes a nation? The founders would not have agreed it was the government, far from it. Their actions show their intent.
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Well, when the Right speaks of our being a Christian nation they say that entails being governed by Christian principles. Whether you accept that proposition or not, clearly they think of nationhood and government as aspects of the same whole.
John