| Mastering Studios in Texas [message #71373] |
Thu, 17 August 2006 13:35  |
Randy Brown
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Registered: June 2007
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or the US, I'd say nobody has come close to Benjamin Franklin, with
John
> > Adams as a second. Adams was able to convince both finance and political
> > bigshots to believe in a country that didn't exist, and to lend us lots
of
> > money and a Navy. Franklin did much the same with the French,
exquisitely
> > managing a relationship with Talleyrand, another stunningly nimblefooted
> > (or treacherous depending on your opinion) diplomat. And Fra
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| Re: Mastering Studios in Texas [message #71405 is a reply to message #71401] |
Fri, 18 August 2006 05:18  |
brandon[2]
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Registered: June 2006
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> human
>>>>>>>>>> sacrifices, a minimum age for marriage, no incest, no slavery, no
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>>>>>>>>>> murder, no rape, no stealing, those sorts of things.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> What is viewed as morality beyond a fair justice system and
>>>>>>>>>> common
>>>>> sense
>>>>>>>>>> rules of behavior can be left to each freely chosen religion to
>>>>>>>>>> sort
>>>>>>>>>> out, like whether to restrict diet in some way, whether to wear a
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>>>>>>>>>> certain type of clothing, how to pray, etc. But none of these
>>>>>>>>>> additional
>>>>>>>>>> practices should be imposed on society as a whole.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> The Golden Rule may also be of use as a basic moral foundation.
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>>>>>>>>>> So yes, you can have a moral system, one that BTW protects the
>>>>>>>>>> freedom
>>>>>>>>>> to practice religious beliefs (or not), without basing it on any
>>> one
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