In a pluralistic society of different beliefs, does the Christian have the right to impose their religious beliefs on those who do not believe?

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Anglo-American civil law and most common law of the Western World is formed by Judeo-Christian belief.

They’re not the same thing, but certaimly similar
 
That’s not our rate. Please, recheck it.

Per the CDC:

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“Hideous” isn’t the word.
 
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I’m not saying society is religious. But that it is christian in it’s essence or agreement with the basic moral code of christianity.
 
The US rate per the CDC is 17.8.

In the list from the Guardian, it’s 16.1.

The UK rate is far lower than that.

Per Oxford University:

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Well, the Holy See disagrees.
Check out Dignitatis Humanae sometime
 
While Christian belief was an influence on many of the founders of the United States and it would be foolish to argue that Christian thought wasn’t a major influence in the development of the Western world in general, the US Constitution specifically protects religious freedom and outlaws “religious tests” for people to hold public office.
 
AH!!! I see my error - and it’s completely my error.

SO sorry…😳😳😳😳😳😳😳

Can I blame it on not finishing my coffee yet?
 
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A government may agree with some of the christian moral code for practical reasons and adopt them into law for practical reasons, but so long as they are not doing it for fundamentally religious reasons, i don’t think its fair to say that America is governed by Christian law. I think that’s a fallacy. I think all that can be really said, objectively speaking, is that American law agrees with some of Christian law for its practical use.

If a society that had never encountered Christianity had many of the same governing principles of America, i don’t think you would call them a Christian country.
 
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LOL where I am it is barely 0630.

I literally just had breakfast and am about to go get ready to go to work.
 
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The point is that the foundation of western culture and law is Christian thought. It’s not about a religious worldview, it’s about the fact that Christian ideals shaped western society.

You can deny it til you’re blue in the face but it’s just a fact.

Also I’m not saying that America is governed by Christian Law but that the Laws of America are Christian and come from a Christian worldview.
 
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but so long as they are not doing it for fundamentally religious reasons, i don’t think its fair to say that America is governed by Christian law.
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It’s not “governed by Christian Law” but the law is Christian. There’s a difference.
 
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You can deny it til you’re blue in the face but it’s just a fact.
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What i am denying is that American law is Christian law just because it is shaped by Christian thought. If America was governed by Christian law it would essentially be a theocracy.
 
To say that the American government functions from a Christian worldview is an insult to Christianity. Most of our elected officials left their morality at the door a looooong time ago.
 
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To say that the American government functions from a Christian worldview is an insult to Christianity. Most of our elected officials left their morality at the door a looooong time ago.
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I hate to tell you, but the common law our code is derived from is indeed based in Christianity.

No one said the lawmakers themselves were stellar examples of Christians across the board.
 
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