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Religion continues to play a positive role in society.It has helped a lot of people to give up their bad habits.A lot of people would agree that their faith in religion has helped them face their problems with courage.But how far should government be guided by religious ideas?
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KARL MARX
All religions are equally sublime to the ignorant, useful to the politician, and ridiculous to the philosopher.
- Lucretius, On the Nature of Things
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Should the government then discourage religion?But what made Joseph Stalin the man he was?
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Abraham Lincoln:
That I am not a member of any Christian Church, is true; but I have never denied the truth of the Scriptures; and I have never spoken with intentional disrespect of religion in general, or of any denomination of Christians in particular.
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Should the government then merely see that the sentiments of the religious is not hurt .But then how can the government keep silent when people are leading their lives irreligiously
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Mohandas K. Gandhi:
Those who say religion has nothing to do with politics do not know what religion is.
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But then what happened during the days of pope's supremacy?
[/Religion is the opium of masses
KARL MARX
All religions are equally sublime to the ignorant, useful to the politician, and ridiculous to the philosopher.
- Lucretius, On the Nature of Things
]
Should the government then discourage religion?But what made Joseph Stalin the man he was?
[QUOTE
Abraham Lincoln:
That I am not a member of any Christian Church, is true; but I have never denied the truth of the Scriptures; and I have never spoken with intentional disrespect of religion in general, or of any denomination of Christians in particular.
]
Should the government then merely see that the sentiments of the religious is not hurt .But then how can the government keep silent when people are leading their lives irreligiously
[/QUOTE
Mohandas K. Gandhi:
Those who say religion has nothing to do with politics do not know what religion is.
]
But then what happened during the days of pope's supremacy?
Welcome harikrishnan, you're obviously new around here.
The moderators are probably going to close your topic because the debate point is vague. And also because it walks the fine line between political debate and religious debate. We don't do religious debate in this forum.
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Just to stay on topic: I voted that the government should have no role in spreading religion.
The moderators are probably going to close your topic because the debate point is vague. And also because it walks the fine line between political debate and religious debate. We don't do religious debate in this forum.
You might find the Constitutional Debate section interesting. Welcome, and keep experimenting with the tools like spell check, preview post, the code buttons at the top of the reply window.
Just to stay on topic: I voted that the government should have no role in spreading religion.
CLOSED. (Thanks for the help, perspective 
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We don't host such philosophically based religion debates. Perhaps you could take this over to beliefnet.com to have this debate.
For future reference, you will need a CLEAR question to debate in order for any serious debate here.
)We don't host such philosophically based religion debates. Perhaps you could take this over to beliefnet.com to have this debate.
For future reference, you will need a CLEAR question to debate in order for any serious debate here.
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