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Originally Posted by RockyBalboa
But of course spit on the fact of the spiritual evidence of it....since of course your political views are more important than the Saviors direction.
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Your approach would appear to require that we legislate all LDS belief, would it not? If we ever failed to legislate an LDS belief, would we not be "spitting on the fact of spriritual evidence?"
Of our many differences, the one that consistently brings us into conflict is my belief in separation of church and state and your belief that they should be the same.
If you can't provide non-spiritual evidence that something is good, then the issue should not be legislated. Case closed. If all you rely on is spiritual evidence, then all you are doing is combining church and state.
The principle of separation of church and state is clearly expressed in the Constitution (a document LDS believe was divinely inspired). If the document is divine and mandates separation, are you spitting in the face of spiritual evidence that such separation is appropriate and necessary?
The separation protects religion from government and vice-versa. We should not be so callous as to say that we know our beliefs are true and therefore can cause no harm to others. Many other sects have said the same thing in the history of the world, leading to untold oppression and strife.
But then again, I am just speaking with a "silver forked tongue of the devil" or whatever you said.