[quote]Legionary wrote:
[quote]SexMachine wrote:
[quote]Legionary wrote:
Are you seriously calling into question the influence that the Age of Enlightenment had on the political philosophies of the American Revolution and the Founding Fathers? That is so obvious that it doesn’t need to explicitly stated anywhere. Ever read Two Treatises of Government? NO ONE had a greater influence on American Liberty than John Locke.
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And Locke was deeply religious.[/quote]
Yes, and there is nothing I take issue with that. He also held sacred the separation of church and state, as do I. Religious belief is not the issue. Keeping the Church out of the affairs of the State and the State out of the affairs of the Church is however. For example, I was aghast that a friend in H.S who was our Valedictorian was told by a court that she couldn’t mention God or scripture in her graduation speech. That ruling was overturned by a higher court thankfully.[/quote]
Not this again! Read what I said here about Locke and separation of church and state:
For one thing, Locke didn’t believe atheists should be tolerated. I really don’t want to keep going around in circles with this. I spent significant time yesterday explaining separation of church and state.