[Prometheus]

Quote by: Athena Oh yes, I do associate the right to life with our constitution, and if people understood democracy, so would everyone. The Latin motto "E pluribus unum" was suggested by the first Great Seal committee in 1776. It means "Out of many, one." That was replaced in 1954 with "In God we trust", shifting the power of manifestation from humans to an imagined God. Now it is believed God and morals are the sole right property of Christians. The rational of democracy is no longer known.

Very interesting, really, but I fail to see the impact. Mottos are one thing, but the "right to life" is another.

Ideally, democracy enables the most people to make their best contribution. As long as there was a west without an establishment controlling every inch of land and all resources, and equal opportunity was freely given by nature, we could deny our moral obligation to each other. Now denying out moral obligation to each other results in the neglected and exploited being a problem to all. We can return to walled neighborhoods, and attempt to deny responsibility for what is outside the wall, but for people desiring heaven, this is not the logical way to get there. How fit for a loving and forgiving God are people who attempt to ignor the suffering of others?

Firstly, we do not live in a democracy. Secondly, I never proposed that it is appropriate to ignore the suffering of others. If you knew me in a personal manner you would know that is not the case. But the government has no authority to impose such actions. They should be voluntary.

Athens was the first recognized democracy, and added to this was Christian concepts, and then science and Naturalism. Democracy and Naturalism put the power of manifestion of the hands of everyone. By working together, we can manifest heaven on earth, and those who think only of themselves and feel no moral obligation to others, are not contributing to the potential of our democracy. This is a spiritual reality involving the whole world. Those who think we are no better than animals and that life has no purpose, are small minded.

Is this a veiled insult? You people seem to think that just because I don't think certain actions should be mandatory means that I am against such actions. You can call whomever "small minded" but it is those who cannot seperate thier personal desire to help others (which I share) from public policy are truely the impared thinkers.