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Originally Posted by fastboy21
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Its gotten to the point where anytime an American looks around the world and sees something that is immoral or unjust he is called everything from ethnocentric to racist to ignorant. Sometimes, its not just some ignorant American pointing the finger at some culture he just doesn't take an interest in understanding.
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Agree with you there. Morality is subjective. The concept of just and unjust also varies by country, religion, as well as changes in time. There was a time in America when eye for an eye, was a just punishment. Now, cutting off a persons hand, hanging them from a tree, dragging them behind a horse, or burning them for being witches would seem cruel or unusual.
The constitution was designed to be flexible enough to change with the times, but strong enough to prevent abuse of powers. The separation of church and state was to ensure that government would not interfere in the matters of the church. It was the churches that wanted to keep government out of their business.
Times have changed, for what ever reason, churches no longer wish to see separation of church and state and tend to ignore that aspect of the constitution.
09-04-2010, 10:27 AM
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