LOL - yeah - I had to read this three times to catch the sarcasm... LOL
I've been out of town all week so AFK, and catching up on Jeff's messages,
so I was reading this with a leftist slant. :-D

Yes, after reading some of the messages, here , I often have
to restrain myself from going to the store to find brands that trigger me
so I can try to get them cancelled. Sometimes I even get the urge to cut
off all of my power and freeze to death.

But I quickly catch myself every time.


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It also states that a full time minister can NOT hold public office because their job should be carrying on God's work! I love it!

That could also be to enforce separation of church and state. I could see
that becoming a problem in a more rural area, especially back in the day.

As you have phrased it, it also insinuates that being in politics is not
God's work. That part is pretty funny and possibly correct. :)


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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmIg6pE9oAw

Hey - got the link to copy!

Mike - check that out...

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LOL - yeah - I had to read this three times to catch the sarcasm... LOL
I've been out of town all week so AFK, and catching up on Jeff's messages, so I was reading this with a leftist slant. :-D

Yes, after reading some of the messages, here , I often have
to restrain myself from going to the store to find brands that trigger
me so I can try to get them cancelled. Sometimes I even get the urge
to cut off all of my power and freeze to death.

But I quickly catch myself every time.

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Mike Powell wrote to JIMMY ANDERSON <=-

It also states that a full time minister can NOT hold public office because their job should be carrying on God's work! I love it!

That could also be to enforce separation of church and state. I could
see that becoming a problem in a more rural area, especially back in
the day.

I don't think so... I think 'separation of church and state' is not used in the context most people think... I hear it used as a way to prevent "Believers" from having an opinion about government, but I think it is to prevent government from having an opinion (and laws) about personal choices when it comes to religion.

But anyway...

As you have phrased it, it also insinuates that being in politics is
not God's work. That part is pretty funny and possibly correct. :)

YEP!!! LOL

Can't copy/paste just the relavant part, but check this link and look
at article IX.

https://www.capitol.tn.gov/about/docs/tn-constitution.pdf





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On 22 Mar 2021, JIMMY ANDERSON said the following...

I don't think so... I think 'separation of church and state' is not used in the context most people think... I hear it used as a way to prevent "Believers" from having an opinion about government, but I think it is
to prevent government from having an opinion (and laws) about personal choices when it comes to religion.

"Separation of Church and State" primarily refers to using the law to enforce religious doctrine. There is some overlap; for example "Thou shalt not kill" also makes sense as a law because it's universal to most religions. However, "Remember the Sabbath, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor, and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God." does not, because it's specific to one (or two) religions.

Think of it as "Separation of Mosque and State." How would you feel in that case?

This wasn't the case in the Pre-1st-Amendment colonies. Often church attendance, sometimes an hours-long affair, was mandated (and often followed
by mandatory military drills for the men).

It also refers, less commonly, to religious leaders using their positions of religious authority to tell their congregants how to vote. Keep in mind that
in some cases failure to comply with church authority could be punished by physical punishment or excommunication.

Jeff.

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I don't think so... I think 'separation of church and state' is not used in >the context most people think... I hear it used as a way to prevent "Believers"
from having an opinion about government, but I think it is to prevent >government from having an opinion (and laws) about personal choices when it >comes to religion.

I think it is supposed to be some of the latter, but also some of not
having the church run the government and vise-versa.

As you have phrased it, it also insinuates that being in politics is
not God's work. That part is pretty funny and possibly correct. :)

YEP!!! LOL

Can't copy/paste just the relavant part, but check this link and look
at article IX.

https://www.capitol.tn.gov/about/docs/tn-constitution.pdf

:D


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Mike Powell wrote to JIMMY ANDERSON <=-

I don't think so... I think 'separation of church and state' is not used in
the context most people think... I hear it used as a way to prevent

"Believers"

from having an opinion about government, but I think it is to prevent
government from having an opinion (and laws) about personal choices when it
comes to religion.

I think it is supposed to be some of the latter, but also some of not having the church run the government and vise-versa.

Agreed. I have heard people say "seperation of church and state" in an
attempt to make someone that is pro-life, for example, NOT take that
stance because it is based on a religious belief that ALL life is
sacred. Since it's based on religion, shouldn't affect how you vote.
That's the part I disagree with.




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I think it is supposed to be some of the latter, but also some of not having the church run the government and vise-versa.

Agreed. I have heard people say "seperation of church and state" in an attempt to make someone that is pro-life, for example, NOT take that
stance because it is based on a religious belief that ALL life is
sacred. Since it's based on religion, shouldn't affect how you vote.
That's the part I disagree with.

I cannot disagree with that.


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Hello Mike,

I think it is supposed to be some of the latter, but also some of not
having the church run the government and vise-versa.

Agreed. I have heard people say "seperation of church and state" in an
attempt to make someone that is pro-life, for example, NOT take that
stance because it is based on a religious belief that ALL life is
sacred. Since it's based on religion, shouldn't affect how you vote.
That's the part I disagree with.

I cannot disagree with that.

I am whole life, not pro-life. State-sponsored terrorism
(the death penalty) is something nobody on this planet should
agree with. Whole life means life beginning at the moment of
conception to the moment of natural death. There is nothing
whole life when someone is murdered in my name.

--Lee

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