scribblet Posted June 8, 2007 Report Posted June 8, 2007 What does NASCAR have to do with governance? American TV is not government controlled like up here, so if private networks feel ok about putting "religious ballywho" in their programming what is that to you? what does religion have to do with NASCAR? It seems like this is just another example of "feeding the sheep(le) more hay." Fox has the broadcast rights, no? No surprise to me if they do. Just wait until they start to chant the lords' prayer before hockey games. Oh Lord!!!!! Praying to him won't win the Nascar LOL Quote Hey Ho - Ontario Liberals Have to Go - Fight Wynne - save our province
normanchateau Posted June 8, 2007 Report Posted June 8, 2007 The Canadian government should be acknowledging and promoting majority Christianity beliefs in Canada rather than allow people to dabble with useless and a lot of times damaging secularism leading people to make unwise and damaging decisions relating to ones personal life. I agree. That'd be the final nail on the coffin for Harper. Not a chance that he'd do this while he has a minority government. Quote
ScottSA Posted June 8, 2007 Report Posted June 8, 2007 The Canadian government should be acknowledging and promoting majority Christianity beliefs in Canada rather than allow people to dabble with useless and a lot of times damaging secularism leading people to make unwise and damaging decisions relating to ones personal life. Better still, the Canadian government should mete out Biblical punishments for violating religious rules written during the Bronze Age and Iron Age. Leviticus 24:16 has just the right punishment for taking the Lord's name in vain. Exodus 31:15 suggests the identical punishment for working on the Sabbath. How about exactly the same penalty in Exodus 21:17 for cursing at one's father or mother? Let's forget about secular law and use the New Testament, the Old Testament and for Muslims, the Koran. After all, people were so much wiser in the Bronze Age before the era of science and reason. *Zing* What was that mate? Just another strawman running by... Quote
normanchateau Posted June 8, 2007 Report Posted June 8, 2007 The Canadian government should be acknowledging and promoting majority Christianity beliefs in Canada rather than allow people to dabble with useless and a lot of times damaging secularism leading people to make unwise and damaging decisions relating to ones personal life. Better still, the Canadian government should mete out Biblical punishments for violating religious rules written during the Bronze Age and Iron Age. Leviticus 24:16 has just the right punishment for taking the Lord's name in vain. Exodus 31:15 suggests the identical punishment for working on the Sabbath. How about exactly the same penalty in Exodus 21:17 for cursing at one's father or mother? Let's forget about secular law and use the New Testament, the Old Testament and for Muslims, the Koran. After all, people were so much wiser in the Bronze Age before the era of science and reason. *Zing* What was that mate? Just another strawman running by... I wouldn't necessarily characterize the Bible as a strawman. Quote
ScottSA Posted June 8, 2007 Report Posted June 8, 2007 The Canadian government should be acknowledging and promoting majority Christianity beliefs in Canada rather than allow people to dabble with useless and a lot of times damaging secularism leading people to make unwise and damaging decisions relating to ones personal life. Better still, the Canadian government should mete out Biblical punishments for violating religious rules written during the Bronze Age and Iron Age. Leviticus 24:16 has just the right punishment for taking the Lord's name in vain. Exodus 31:15 suggests the identical punishment for working on the Sabbath. How about exactly the same penalty in Exodus 21:17 for cursing at one's father or mother? Let's forget about secular law and use the New Testament, the Old Testament and for Muslims, the Koran. After all, people were so much wiser in the Bronze Age before the era of science and reason. *Zing* What was that mate? Just another strawman running by... I wouldn't necessarily characterize the Bible as a strawman. I'm not talking about the Bible. Comprehension skills not quite up to par today? Quote
normanchateau Posted June 9, 2007 Report Posted June 9, 2007 The Canadian government should be acknowledging and promoting majority Christianity beliefs in Canada rather than allow people to dabble with useless and a lot of times damaging secularism leading people to make unwise and damaging decisions relating to ones personal life. Better still, the Canadian government should mete out Biblical punishments for violating religious rules written during the Bronze Age and Iron Age. Leviticus 24:16 has just the right punishment for taking the Lord's name in vain. Exodus 31:15 suggests the identical punishment for working on the Sabbath. How about exactly the same penalty in Exodus 21:17 for cursing at one's father or mother? Let's forget about secular law and use the New Testament, the Old Testament and for Muslims, the Koran. After all, people were so much wiser in the Bronze Age before the era of science and reason. *Zing* What was that mate? Just another strawman running by... I wouldn't necessarily characterize the Bible as a strawman. I'm not talking about the Bible. I was. Quote
scribblet Posted June 9, 2007 Report Posted June 9, 2007 What does NASCAR have to do with governance? American TV is not government controlled like up here, so if private networks feel ok about putting "religious ballywho" in their programming what is that to you? what does religion have to do with NASCAR? It seems like this is just another example of "feeding the sheep(le) more hay." Fox has the broadcast rights, no? No surprise to me if they do. Just wait until they start to chant the lords' prayer before hockey games. If it will help bring Stanley home - why not LOL Some people are so desperate that they believe the social liberal propaganda about a U.S. theocracy. They are likely the same people who think Stephen Harper has a hidden agenda when it comes to social conservatism. Real social conservatives who actually follow and know about Canadian politics know that's not true. They simply trot out those ideas out about being a closet theocrat as a political bogeyman to scare the public to vote Liberal. Quote Hey Ho - Ontario Liberals Have to Go - Fight Wynne - save our province
bush_cheney2004 Posted June 10, 2007 Report Posted June 10, 2007 what does religion have to do with NASCAR? It seems like this is just another example of "feeding the sheep(le) more hay." Fox has the broadcast rights, no? No surprise to me if they do. Just wait until they start to chant the lords' prayer before hockey games. So what does it mean when Fox Sports also televises the Canadian Grand Prix (as it did today)..."God" just loves motorsports? Fox is fine for the wine and cheese consuming Formula 1 crowd, but not for NASCAR? Quote Economics trumps Virtue.
jbg Posted June 11, 2007 Report Posted June 11, 2007 I certainly don't feel threatened, never have, and the U.S. is hardly a theocratic state, far from it. I echo that. I am an American Jew, and we're always on the lookout for theocracies. While we're an intensely religious and patriotic country we're not a theocracy. Organized religion plays no role in our government, other than designation of certain holidays and our government plays little role in religion, other than subsidizing special education in private schools. Quote Free speech: "You can say what you want, but I don't have to lend you my megaphone." Always remember that when you are in the right you can afford to keep your temper, and when you are in the wrong you cannot afford to lose it. - J.J. Reynolds. Will the steps anyone is proposing to fight "climate change" reduce a single temperature, by a single degree, at a single location? The mantra of "world opinion" or the views of the "international community" betrays flabby and weak reasoning (link).
sharkman Posted June 11, 2007 Report Posted June 11, 2007 The Canadian government should be acknowledging and promoting majority Christianity beliefs in Canada rather than allow people to dabble with useless and a lot of times damaging secularism leading people to make unwise and damaging decisions relating to ones personal life. Better still, the Canadian government should mete out Biblical punishments for violating religious rules written during the Bronze Age and Iron Age. Leviticus 24:16 has just the right punishment for taking the Lord's name in vain. Exodus 31:15 suggests the identical punishment for working on the Sabbath. How about exactly the same penalty in Exodus 21:17 for cursing at one's father or mother? Let's forget about secular law and use the New Testament, the Old Testament and for Muslims, the Koran. After all, people were so much wiser in the Bronze Age before the era of science and reason. *Zing* What was that mate? Just another strawman running by... I wouldn't necessarily characterize the Bible as a strawman. Norman, without realizing it you have proven that neither the U.S. or Canada are Theocracies. If they were, the Old Testament punishments would be handed out for breaking biblical law. Like say in modern Islam theocracies where you get your hand cut off for stealing. Quote
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