[libertyminded]

Originally posted by Falc

Arrogance like yours almost ensures that you'll be athiest. You refuse to believe in something greater than yourself, because then you'd have to humble yourself before that entity. Hell, you can't even give appropriate respect to the belief of millions of people.


Arrogance is: Forcing others to live by a moral code you deem appropriate.
The problem with religion (and the religious) is that you're convinced you understand what moral code the all powerful creator of the universe wants all of us prairie apes to abide by. You believe there is absolute right and wrong and that you have the authority to force this code on everyone in this society.
Everyone can agree on the fact that crimes against persons and their properties should be discouraged and punnished, but the religious can never leave it at that. Half of the massive prison population in this country is nonviolent drug offenders that wouldn't be there if it weren't for the lofty morals of the Christians in power here.
Same thing goes for anyone stung by prostitution laws. Your God says "fornication" and "adultry" are sins so you will make everyone pay for them.
Until you find some way to emperically prove the existance of your impossible God, keep your arbitrary morals out of the laws of a secular nation.