PratchettFan
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No.. See Alan Keyes above for what what happens when POWER to rob, beat and kill me has it's boot on my neck.. You don't DEFEAT righteousness and moral superiority with power. And perhaps -- had you been in Selma with MLK -- those prayers to a higher authority than the law might have done YOU some good in that cause as well...
You're simply a defeatist who believes in capitulation in the face of evil...
The only way you do it is with power. If not the power of the gun, the power of public opinion. Without either, you lose. But you believe as you please. People have died fighting evil so that you can think they had nothing to do with it.
You bet I'll do as I please. Because when I see evil -- I don't accept it. I don't acquisce to it. I don't reason with it. Not even public opinion or the gun assures the rights and morals that I believe in... And the Declaration and references to God in this country's founding was a wise reminder of why we can't let that pessimistic attitude prevail..
No bible-thumping or fire/brimstone required here to defend the concept.
Exactly. You can do as you please because you live in a country where we let you. If you lived in Iran, then you could not do as you please. And God would not be interceding on your behalf.