Ben Carson is for a religious theocracy
Ben Carson is not for freedom, he is for enslaving people and he is not intellectually honest since he thinks "our founders were Christians."
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For the record, I am not Christian, nor am I observant of any faith, but I ardently defend the religious liberty of others to practice their religion without government interference. Or to be free to not practice any religion. I find the PC opposition to anyone expressing or even admitting to any religious connection much more troubling than any presidential candidates profession of personal faith.
The Founders saw nothing wrong with established secular law backed by religious morality. I would call them "enlightened Christians," rather than Deists, as they still believed in the power of prayer, but resisted mixing governance with faith. They expected people to support the law and each other to honor their god, in whatever way they believed.
A Deist (I am one - full disclosure) finds evidence of a higher spiritual force in reason and nature, believing each individual is an agent of the higher power. If you want miracles, make them happen.
"Believe" is a word I use rarely and with great care but it appears that men like Carson can handle the dichotomy quite well. This opens the question, "Is Objectivism a secular religion?" How much of Objectivism is based on faith and how much on understanding? A is A ... But why?
You mean he might do things like try to change our present day moral atmosphere?
Do you think this might mean the end of Miley Cyrus sightings, Kardashian shows and stories? OMG, what about the Housewives franchises?
Who could possibly live without Celebrity Big Brother or I Am Cait?
Who could live without abortion? Imagine having to deny oneself a pleasure that is one's right? Imagine having to think of consequences before acting? Imagine, if you don't abort, having to pay to bear and raise the child...yourself? None of which is fair, or kind, to the woman who shouldn't have to say no. Nor is it right to expect a woman to use birth control (which, if it is being used, seems to fail constantly these days.)
Actually, I get the impression that Dr Carson is a religious man. I don't have the impression that he wants to force religion down the throats of citizens. He appears to embrace the morals and ethics of religion with the understanding that the individual is free to make errors. If you enjoy the increasingly paternalistic governments we have had for several decades, you may think of it as Dr. Carson appears to believe the "parent" must allow the "child" to learn from making errors.
I believe God was mentioned once or twice by our founders. They seem to have come up with a fairly decent road map that has led to the past success of the United States.
It appears to me that, for a number of years, enlightened humanists (including those whose words state a belief in God...but whose actions don't quite jive with the words) have chosen to use gradualism to veer off that map in order to progress toward an enlightened world.
Frankly, I liked the freedom of the dark religious ages (50s and 60s) a bit better than the feeling that I have to watch everything I say or do,,,even in my own house (cameras, microphones, TVs are two way streets.) You have to think twice before adjusting a bra strap at a stop light!
Isn't it odd that at the time we had prayer in school, we had far more freedom?
It appears to me that freedom is now somehow being confused with hedonism. Don't infringe on anyone's right to indulge in a moment of passion. Don't infringe on a persons right to make mistakes over and over again...while someone else pays for them (because it is only fair.) At the same time one must understand that individual rights, from privacy to obtaining individualized health care, must be sacrificed for the greater good.
I find it curious that you would think a religious man, who has stated that the constitution overrides religion, would create an enslaving religious theocracy.
Also, if what you say occurs...we become enslaved by Dr. Carson's government (should he win)...at least we will get to keep our heads should we disagree with his religious beliefs. I prefer that to the direction we are heading (excuse the pun) now.
Being a Republican, and a black one at that, the media holds him to a higher standard. That doesn't mean we should go along with them on it. After all nobody is perfect and nearly all of these have no bearing on his ability to make the decisions a President must make.
Not only is he trying to create a religious theocracy, he is an intellectual light weight in the issue related to being president. If elected he will be a disaster probably worse than the Bush's.
Man, if Carson was an athiest or pretended to be one, or was dishonest enough to sidestep questions about his beliefs, the folks here would be deliriously happy and lauding his accomplishments
http://Dictionary.com (for expediencies sake).
Deism
1. belief in the existence of a God on the evidence of reason and nature only, with rejection of supernatural revelation (distinguished from theism ).
2. belief in a God who created the world but has since remained indifferent to it.
So what?
a little satanic if you ask me
So no one who ever had a belief did anything not completely aligned with those beliefs. Odd, this country was founded by folks with beliefs and yet its open to all manner of beliefs, including not to believe in anything.
I appreciate the point taken for having a differing opinion. If it was related to the final statement I made I suggest you read on the Dark Ages and the unifying role of the catholic church in rescuing Europe from anarchy AND the muslims. I'm not remotely catholic nor do I condone what they have done in the past but they do get credit for saving western civilization, starting with Constantine.
However differently they characterized it, most founders did believe in a higher power.
The essence of what I've heard Carson say and write is that people should have the choice to believe and say what they want without the yoke of political correctness around their necks.
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