MeBeJedi said:
Not only that, but doing it every morning in school, before every council meeting....etc, etc. It makes it little more than a procedure that everyone is supposed to follow, rather than something meaningful.
Not only that, but doing it every morning in school, before every council meeting....etc, etc. It makes it little more than a procedure that everyone is supposed to follow, rather than something meaningful.
Only because that's the way it's treated. Explain it to people at an early age. Deconstruct it for them. Go through it line by line. Once that's done, it becomes something more meaningful. Feel free to blame the educational system for not treating it properly.
A friend of mine that was in the Marines now comes to attention whenever he hears the national anthem. I'm pretty sure he didn't do that before being a Marine. It's not "procedure" to him, it's a sign of respect.
Arnie.d said:
In Holland we now have this discussion if it's allowed to check eggs for a breast cancer gene and put eggs without it back. Now these so called pro life motherfuckers object ofcourse. I know this girl who saw her two sisters die before they were 30 years because of inherital breast cancer leaving 2 husbands and 4 kids behind. She had her breast and uterus removed before she could develop cancer because she also had the gene and didn't want to leave her kids and husband behind. Now there is a possibility to prevent all this shit and what happens, these you know who want to prevent legislation for allowing this procedure.
In Holland we now have this discussion if it's allowed to check eggs for a breast cancer gene and put eggs without it back. Now these so called pro life motherfuckers object ofcourse. I know this girl who saw her two sisters die before they were 30 years because of inherital breast cancer leaving 2 husbands and 4 kids behind. She had her breast and uterus removed before she could develop cancer because she also had the gene and didn't want to leave her kids and husband behind. Now there is a possibility to prevent all this shit and what happens, these you know who want to prevent legislation for allowing this procedure.
They usually object because it can't always be done with destroying the life. Ron and Nancy Reagan have been huge proponents of embryonic stem cell research, even though Ronald Reagan would have been vehemently opposed to it. Killing one life in order to preserve another should never be considered "progress". New advancements are being made in adult stem cell research (which poses no threat to the unborn) that are starting to render embryonic research unnecessary.
California recently tried to require parents to give their kids immunization for cervical cancer. Cervical cancer usually comes about the younger you start having sex. The older you get, like over 20 or 22, the lower (much lower) your chances. The State has no business pushing its bullshit agenda on those of us that don't want it or need it.
And Sky, I wouldn't call the founding fathers cultists. They were deists. Even Ben Franklin, an Atheist, called for prayer during a heated discussion at one point. Washington, who did not attend church regularly, even stated that it is good for the people to follow some form of religion (Methodist, Evangelical, etc, etc). That wasn't "to keep them in line". I believe he felt it necessary for people to answer to a higher power so they wouldn't fall into an "it's all about me" mentality.