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Thread #129172   Message #2900370
Posted By: theleveller
05-May-10 - 03:30 AM
Thread Name: BS: Religious beliefs - no standing in law
Subject: RE: BS: Religious beliefs - no standing in law
What the ruling restates, in effect, is that same stance taken over the years by philosophers like Descartes, Holles and Hume, that there is a difference between freedom of belief and freedom of action - where it impinges on the rights and freedoms of others. This is where I get so angry with evangelists of any denomination and people who claim they are fulfilling god's will - not because of their beliefs per se but because they think they have freedom (or indeed a duty) of action (hence my earlier remark about apartheid and the Dutch Reformed Church).