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document.write( "            <a href=\"http://www.redstate.com/stories/culture/religion_and_the_common_good\" class=\"article\" title=\"External link to article\">&quot;Religion and the Common Good&quot; | Redstate#comment-439673</a>" );
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document.write( "                <span class=\"author-alias\">(Malaga):</span>" );
document.write( "                <span class=\"comment\"> For many, the democratic government is &quot;the government&quot; when you don\'t want it involved in something, and &quot;the public&quot; or &quot;the people&quot; when you do want it involved. It pays to make the distinction. In fact, there is plenty of public recognition of God. There are several cable television channels and radio stations devoted to religion. I see street-corner preachers just about every weekend. My workplace normally has Chick-style tracts littering every available surface. What I don\'t see is how the existence of God compels the state to take on a theological role of any sort whatsoever. I\'m not sure what the logic is behind that notion. It\'s conceivable that a God might exist for whom it was important that governments pay allegiance to him, rather than individuals. But what\'s the evidence that this is the case? In fact, what is the evidence that Chaput\'s ubiquitous conditional is true at all? If God exists... but know one can state with objective certainty that this is the case anyway. We might as well say &quot;if the number of angels that can dance on the head of a pin is greater than 500, then...&quot; When you can\'t establish the conditional with objective certainty, then you can\'t rely on the conclusions drawn from it, either.&quot;The partisan, when he is engaged in a dispute, cares nothing about the rights of the question, but is anxious only to convince his hearers of his own assertions.&quot; - Plato" );
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document.write( "                <span class=\"author-alias\">(Comment Number: 7Written by: debornPosted on: May 22 2007 at):</span>" );
document.write( "                <span class=\"comment\"> hand guns, 174 shots, cho was a master gunman, yeah rightit was only recently made into a gun free zone, WHY!?Fools for obeying the new law and agreeing to be unprotectedpowerless and inanimate is a personless gun!the minds of our children have been won, thanks to our prescribing teachers, and willing idiot parents!" );
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document.write( "                <span class=\"comment\"> I guess I will always have all of my hair - just my luck, as bald/shaved seems to be &quot;in&quot; right now.<br><br>I get the $10 haircut at the place I think of as Floyd\'s Barbershop. <br><br>Like you, my impression of Edwards is that he is a big old phony. Unlike you, I don\'t think the price of his haircut has anything to do with it. Politicians spend a lot more on goods and services meant to make them more appealing to potential voters. A $400 haircut is a very small item on that list. <br><br>No matter what I think of Edwards personally, I think he is more or less right about some things he talks about in his campaign. Two Americas? Probably closer to ten, but that is only sometimes a bad thing. Like with economic opportunity. Educational opportunity. Civil rights. Criminal rights. Really, no one should have more or less right to a fair trial than I. It shouldn\'t matter whether I\'m white or black when it comes time to decide whether to take my life using capital punishment. It shouldn\'t matter whether I\'m white or black when it comes time to decide whether to take my killer\'s life using capital punishment. But it does." );
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document.write( "                <span class=\"author-alias\">(April 18th 2007 at):</span>" );
document.write( "                <span class=\"comment\"> When I first read about the $400.00 haircut I laughed. Damn. It must be nice to be able to afford $400.00 haircuts. But honestly even if I could I can’t believe that I would. And there is nothing that a $400.00 haircut could do for his outward appearance that makes up for the opinion you form of him based on that ridiculous expenditure.I too get my haircut at a place very similar to Floyd’s. That is why I go there. Most guys I know get their hair cut at what I consider to be womens salons. The barbershop is in my mind an old fashioned place where men can go and be men. The banter can be inappropriate. And as I have said already I love inappropriate banter. It is just one of my many character flaws.If that guy were any more phony he’d be Mitt Romney.That’s gold baby!Politicians spend a lot more on goods and services meant to make them more appealing to potential voters. A $400 haircut is a very small item on that list.So true but so disheartening." );
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document.write( "                <span class=\"comment\"> Aside from the fact that Tolkien never purported to be factual. That would be true Mateo, unless Tolkien also had archaeological, prophetic and statistical evidence to verify it." );
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document.write( "                <span class=\"comment\"> It looks like a three parter over at Progressiveville. There is a disturbance in the continuum. The interesting question is “Why do we do this?” One solitary thinker says converting and recruiting is part of that reason. The usual suspects say “Just smack them around and show them how smart we are then run them off”. Butterfly and Andy will never learn.Part IIIWill they have to come over here for real discussion? Time will tell." );
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document.write( "                <span class=\"comment\"> Or not. <br><br>Ducks aren\'t too bright, huh?" );
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document.write( "                <span class=\"comment\"> i hope you had a great time in our town. it was my first festival and there was a great spirit to the event." );
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document.write( "                <span class=\"comment\"> 5) One must have detailed knowledge of 1-3 that is known by 4 in order to reject 4. <br><br>Therefore, you must accept 4." );
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document.write( "                <span class=\"comment\"> Hallelujah... this is a wonderful topic. Our own congregation has had a surge (ahem) of good things happening in the last couple of years, but there is plenty of room for improvement on all these counts. I\'ll be watching for your updates on this. :)" );
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document.write( "                <span class=\"comment\"> Glad to hear that there’ve been good things happening in your congregation. Feel free to leave another comment and tell us what led to those. Sometimes all it takes is a good idea and the permission to move forward on it." );
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document.write( "                <span class=\"comment\"> You people disgust me." );
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