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patphil

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4. This is the kind of shit you get when religion is allowed to make judgements and inflict punishment.

Reply to Lunabell (Original post)

Sun Feb 18, 2024, 06:52 PM

Feb 2024

To paraphrase Forrest Gump, "Evil is as evil does."
We never want any religion to wield that kind of power in the United States, or anywhere else for that matter.
Our Founding Fathers separated church and state for good reason.
They need to be kept separate.

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A science martyr. [View all] Lunabell Feb 2024 OP

Thanks. I never heard of him. NNadir Feb 2024 #1

Me either! Lunabell Feb 2024 #2

Catholic Church. I've heard about it. twodogsbarking Feb 2024 #3

This is the kind of shit you get when religion is allowed to make judgements and inflict punishment. patphil Feb 2024 #4

Religion does control some legal opinions. Delmette2.0 Feb 2024 #17

Thanks for this remembrance. erronis Feb 2024 #5

What's scary is that the Dark Ages can resurface just like fascism. live love laugh Feb 2024 #6

They never really went away (going by the world as a whole).nt jfz9580m Feb 2024 #8

never heard of him untill today. and when are we going AllaN01Bear Feb 2024 #7

When we figure out.... SergeStorms Feb 2024 #9

Which state will bring back burning at the stake for anyone assisting an abortion? Hermit-The-Prog Feb 2024 #10

YouTube clip about him (at end of video) KJohnson Feb 2024 #11

It's still that way in academia bucolic_frolic Feb 2024 #12

There was a ridiculous wanna-be reality on a right wing site, my friend was watching (and laughing) chouchou Feb 2024 #13

That statue (monument)... surfered Feb 2024 #14

The Cosmos series does a bit on him. ybbor Feb 2024 #15

I was thinking of just that segment! (Nt) LostOne4Ever Feb 2024 #16

Frances Yates wrote a good bio of Giordano Bruno PufPuf23 Mar 2024 #18