>>>>>>>Agreed. I also was thinking that there should be a separate section for discussing religious matters.
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>>>>>>Originally, it's a political issue which just turned into a religious debate which is understandable. Chatter would suffice I think. It's up to everyone to join or not. Let's not make things complicated just because of our disagreements on some issues. Afterall, we'll all return to dust... oopps...
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>>>>>No matter how brilliant a man, s/he can't be a good president if s/he is not God fearing. I think Sarah Palin can be a good U.S. president...
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>>>>>That's your original post. You contend that It's originally a political issue but not a religious one?
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>>>>To say that my original thread has something to do with religion is utterly false. I did say "God-fearing." I didn't say about being a moslem, protestant, buddhist, methodist, catholic, etc.
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>>>After saying a person cannot be a good president if not God fearing and then pretending it's not about religion just because it isn't about a particular religion is more than just a bit disingenuous.
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>>It's my belief system, not a religion. I am not a protestant nor a catholic nor a buddhist, etc. I believe in a non-sectarian practices. It's a mistake to interchange the word religion with private belief system or faith because religions have organized behaviors, including congregations for prayer, priestly hierarchies, holy places, and/or scriptures. So when I say "religion," I say Catholics, Protestants, Methodist, Baptist, Buddhist, Islam...
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>>Now how do you define religion?
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>To me a religion need not be organized. Belief in God is enough. Catholicism, Protestantism, Islam, etc are all organized religions. They exist less for the belief system they profess than for self glorification and the power of control.
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>Here is the No. 1 main definition from Webster's Dictionary:
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>a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe, esp. when considered as the creation of a superhuman agency or agencies, usually involving devotional and ritual observances, and often containing a moral code governing the conduct of human affairs.
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>The boldface on "usually" is mine to stress that it need not always be so.

We differ on the definition of terms and so we have disagreements on this issue. Thanks for the information.