It’s been my experience that the same people who want to guilt me into using the coercive power government of government to forcibly make people pay for their socialist nanny state programs by claiming “That’s what Jesus would do,†are the same ones who immediately respond with “You can’t legislate morality†anytime the commands of the Bible would go against them. I refuse to have my religious sentiments played by secularists. Besides, I have yet to read the passage that says Christians are supposed to pick others pockets to fund their charity. Compulsorily charity is not charity at all.
Yep! You're right there, Larry. I have to admit that I, Dwight, was the individual who brought this emotion of "guilt" into this, and I'm truly sorry for lowering the tenor of this discussion. YES! I truely am!
I guess if I were going to go that route, and as I said I now admit I shouldn't have, I should have just followed your lead here and attempted to evoke a different emotion from others in order to persuade them over to my way of thinking by utilizing a constant barrage of FEARful warnings such as the extreme idea of the coming "socialist nanny state" and the like, if we don't follow your path here.
(but then again, that's just how us "secularists" are, ya know)
And BTW Thanassis...thank you once again for your well written and incisive thoughts, in this case about the Greek Healthcare System, in which you delivered to this discussion with a even-handedness, and without having to appeal to the emotions...well done sir)
Last edited by Dwight; 04/04/200812:18 PM.
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
