Katherine Harris: Separation of church and state 'a lie'

[spacemanspiff]

Separating religion and politics is "so wrong because God is the one who chooses our rulers," Harris said. "And if we are the ones not actively involved in electing those godly men and women," then "we're going to have a nation of secular laws. That's not what our founding fathers intended and that's (sic) certainly isn't what God intended."

http://skeptically.org/thinkersonreligion/id9.html

[virgohippy]

Originally Posted by spacemanspiff

Separating religion and politics is "so wrong because God is the one who chooses our rulers," Harris said. "And if we are the ones not actively involved in electing those godly men and women," then "we're going to have a nation of secular laws. That's not what our founding fathers intended and that's (sic) certainly isn't what God intended."

The logic just kills me:

God chooses our rules for us because God wants us to be religous. Therefore, we should choose religious rulers so we can be religious...

What does it take to convince someone they're insane?

[Simon]

Originally Posted by virgohippy

The logic just kills me:
God chooses our rules for us because God wants us to be religous. Therefore, we should choose religious rulers so we can be religious...

Whenever someone tries to convince me that their god needs our help, I sort of figure their god must be some kind of real pansy wimp, giving us free will just so he can shirk the responsibilty that comes with really being all-powerful, and then continue to nag us via his 'representatives on earth' in some passive-aggresive attempt to conceal his actual impotence.

...but that's just me.

[virgohippy]

Originally Posted by Simon

Whenever someone tries to convince me that their god needs our help, I sort of figure their god must be some kind of real pansy wimp, giving us free will just so he can shirk the responsibilty that comes with really being all-powerful, and then continue to nag us via his 'representatives on earth' in some passive-aggresive attempt to conceal his actual impotence.

...but that's just me.

LOL! That's a brilliant connection, Simon!