An apology of sorts…
As a Jew I am not only against Antisemitism, I also think we should be agsinst Anti-Christianity as well.
So I am glad to see all the protest on college campuses against the killing of Christians in Nigeria.
We should all have a warm feeling in our hearts about these young people, black white, Muslim straight, gay lesbian transgendered, non-binary, queer questioning green hair, blue hair, long hair and unwashed hair, whatever you have protesting and enchanting on building on campus villages.
Not to mention all the Hollywood elites wearing a little buttons and there scarfs and what have you and Support of the Christians in Nigeria.
And just to prove, I’m staying on topic that is in fact antisemitism.
I don’t think any country should be “Pro-” or “Anti-” religious.
It’s also in our constitution: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.
That doesn’t give anyone the right to persecute or express violence against any religious person unless said religion is a physical threat to the public.
At the same time → religious principles (being against abortion, transgender rights, gender roles etc.) should not be bred into politics because of religious beliefs
So religious people should abandon their principles when it comes to politics?
Well… Yes. Essentially.
Religion should not be used to create policy.
If you’re religion (or anyone’s religion) has an issue with say… Transgender Rights or Abortion Rights, then there needs to be a non-religious reason if it’s going to be embedded into policy, but it should not be foundated in religion otherwise the country will lead to Christian Nationalism, which hides White Supremacy underneath it.
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I’m sure that most of those people that have positions on those issues that begin as religious objections can come up with non-religious justifications for holding the same positions as well.
Yes, and it predominantly lays in hypocrisy and therefore shouldn’t be used.
For example, why are many pro-life advocates also highly supportive of gun rights, when both result in the loss of life?
If one supports gun rights due to their constitutional/political beliefs, then the same basis should be used to defend/argue against abortion rights.
Jewish people, transgender people, racial minorities, the disabled, etc… should not be persecuted or deemed to not have rights, but it cannot be due to religion nor can religion be used to justify their rights.
American is not a Christian nor Jewish country. It is a country of immigrants welcoming of all.
You should have ended the sentence there. Your “but” was unnecessary and a bit unclear.
Anyways, this is bordering on off topic.
I’m saying that religion is not why one has or does not have rights. The constitution/BOR is why Americans have rights.
Religion should also not be the basis of any type of policy.
America is not a Christian, Muslim, Jewish, Budhist, etc… nation. Nothing in the constitution suggests as such.
Let’s not derail this.
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I wouldn’t necessarily say it is hypocrisy, PROVIDED the individual has true and sincere non-religious objections as well.
In my mind, it is entirely possible, and not necessarily hypocritical, to have to BOTH a religiously based or religiously informed position on a particular issue, and just as sincerely and legitimately, a non-religious based position on that same issue.
In the end, I firmly believe that when people take a position on an issue, it isn’t really a matter of them simply weighing the arguments on both sides of it in their minds and determining which is weightier, but rather, a matter of simply having a gut feeling about which side is correct.
And that point, the way that you “intellectualize” that position is by then going back and coming up with justifications/rationales/evidence…religious, non-religious, moral, scientific, philosophical, etc., … to SUPPORT your position.
He seems determined to make this particular thread something else
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Let’s end that here, or take it to the dm’s. Thanks!
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That’s, that’s messed up on a couple different levels.
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