[ronald reagan]

Just so you know where I'm coming from. I am referring to the Father in Heaven, not one in Rome. I dont know if that is what you are saying or not.

I understand exactly what you're saying. I'm showing how we worship the same god, both call ourselves christians, and yet have different views on the governments role in our lives, and the lives of others. How would like my beliefs to be the one the government chooses if it ever decided to go into the business of religion? You wouldn't like it very much. So why is it acceptable to force your religious views, on me or anyone else? I'm trying to be rational, but its pretty difficult to grasp for some.

What I see and hear from everyone is this: "I'm right with my religious beliefs, the government should adopt the same, and you should be compelled to believe as I do." And if thats not what is going on here, then what is?

Do you really want a government that can't even balance its checkbook, to dictate whats moral and 'good'? Ronald Reagan once said, "I often wander what the 10 commandments would have looked like, if they would have went through Congress first." I can only imagine the government you must invision in your mind. It scares me to even think about the possibilities.