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Originally Posted by LUKE2447
Not what I am talking about. Take him out of the text and the applicable points made are absurd..
You said...
"The laws of the land are not for the purpose of legislating morality."
How many of the laws are based off of the idea to protect society?
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Protecting society and legislating morality are 2 different things.
As I have said before... to say that the 10 commandments should not be made the law of the land is not to say that some of the precepts touched upon will not be dealt with by the law of the land. But... when the law deals with those precepts it will be for the purpose of dealing with a person who has infringed upon the the life, rights or property of another. That is... by definition... protecting society.
But another good way to protect society is to make sure that our government doesn't get into the business of legislating morality.
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