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Deegan said:No, it shows the dishonesty in this forum, and the need to walk in lock step with the Godless left, even when they secretly believe themselves. They can not bring themselves to admit this publically, as the Godless left have done their jobs well. They have belittled, and berated these beliefs in our schools, colleges, and in our politics. They have tried to shame those who would show this faith, and even have gone as far as to label them insane, or mentally challenged. Yet when questioned in an anonymous poll, the facts are again brought to light, the large majority believe.
Your opinion of a few cannot be applied to the whole. Godless left? I suppose John Kerry, who attends Mass every Sunday, is Godless? Honestly now. There are many right wingers that are "Godless" as well.
No one is trying to belittle or berate anything in schools, colleges, or politics....the point is that God does not belong in schools/colleges (unless it is specifically a religious school) or politics. Not everyone believes in the same God, and even those that do have different views on the matter....you can't have children praying or pledging to a God they don't follow. And we've already determined elsewhere that religion and politics just don't mix very well.
And the whole showing faith....please correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't the Bible say that faith should be a private matter, and not paraded before others? Something about praying in public just for the sake of being seen praying is not righteous prayer? Declaring your "faith" in public does not make you a Christian or any other faith....you have to actually believe, and practice that faith in private as well. It's about integrity, you know, doing what you know to be right even when no one else is looking...they drilled that one into us pretty good in the Air Force.