Grammatron wrote: ↑Fri Apr 02, 2021 9:38 pm
Sounds like you want to tell people how to practice their religion.
Can't put it more clearly than what I wrote: I just think all forms of woo should be strictly private.
And as private citizens in a democracy they are of course free to petition, lobby, donate, pray for Trump to win, walk on their knees, &c.
Grammatron wrote: ↑Fri Apr 02, 2021 9:38 pm
Those are all oranges to the apple of donating your own money to a Church, Eco Fund, Animal Shelter, etc..
I was just pointing to the fact that "individual liberty" is not freedom to do anything you want.
And that, in the US (or at least parts & periods of them) Christianity (as interpreted locally) has a special status it shouldn't have. In my opinion, at least.
Grammatron wrote: ↑Fri Apr 02, 2021 9:38 pm
Individual liberty.
Ditto.
Grammatron wrote: ↑Fri Apr 02, 2021 9:38 pm
What's too often? This conversation started because ACLU is launching a campaign to challenge multiple laws in several states.
As I said, special status. The hardliners would like to drag things back to the 19
th c. when the poor (and the "abnormals", "sinners", &c. – in the ideology of the time) knew their place, i. e. kept quiet and politely said "thank you" when gifted some scraps. I just hope that ship has sailed.
And I don't care much about the ACLU. Did I derail the thread?
As we're at it, what do you think of this:
Grammatron wrote: ↑Fri Apr 02, 2021 9:38 pm
What does that mean?
Education
kills once killed superstition(s).
But I was pointing to the neo-superstitions now taught from higher ed down – see our SJW thread.