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Wounded Bear

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3. Religions should "win hearts and minds" by moral suasion, not political dominance...

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Sun Jun 5, 2022, 09:02 AM

Jun 2022

using the power of government to force people to your doctrine undermines the very concept of most religions. If their positions are not gladly chosen by their followers, but are forced onto unwilling subservients then God is not supreme, but the human organization of the church is. In fact, they are putting their church above God itself.

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