Would not their bigotry render them wholly unfit for such positions?
-
Welcome to Religious Forums, a friendly forum to discuss all religions in a friendly surrounding.
Your voice is missing! You will need to register to get access to the following site features:- Reply to discussions and create your own threads.
- Our modern chat room. No add-ons or extensions required, just login and start chatting!
- Access to private conversations with other members.
We hope to see you as a part of our community soon!
Should Deeply Anti-Religious Bigots be barred from positions of Power in The Justice System?
- Thread starter Jayhawker Soule
- Start date
Sha'irullah
رسول الآلهة
No, because it will ensure that the religious will not get their way. Being anti-religious is a logical choice considering what religion has begun to do. It is like saying an anti-crime bigot when we mutually dislike crime.
Religious people profess as a whole to dislike evil yet are apart of religions which they themselves make evil. The hypocrisy is firm enough to oppose it and retain logical coherence and sanity.
Religious people profess as a whole to dislike evil yet are apart of religions which they themselves make evil. The hypocrisy is firm enough to oppose it and retain logical coherence and sanity.
YmirGF
Bodhisattva in Recovery
In theory, yes it would, Jay. Nowadays though, who knows.
This. I voted yes
Uberpod
Active Member
The anti-religious more often than not need to be solicited for such positions. It's not likely that any anti-religious person would have any bias against a religious person because he or she would likely be guided by evidence regardless. Where are all the examples of secular judges harshly misjudging innocent religious folk?
To quote one of your favorite posters, "Rubbish".
Father Heathen
Veteran Member
At what point does being critical of religion cross the line into bigotry?
The bigoted, anti-religious judges of Stalin's Soviet Union and Mao's China come to mind.
Perhaps. Tell me how those people are and how they may be recognized, then we will talk.
It was intended as a parody of this garbage.
If they are unable to leave their disgusting bigotry at the door, then yes. And given you said "deeply," I some how doubt the folks you mean would be capable of doing that.
I suppose if you put them in an office where their votes would never have anything to do with issues of religion, that might be passable.
I suppose if you put them in an office where their votes would never have anything to do with issues of religion, that might be passable.
Sure. You scan for ugly, bigoted ad hominem such as "being deeply religious precludes intellectual integrity."
That, too, needs clarification. But at least I know that, misworded as it is, it refers to a very real and serious problem.
Ok but I did not take it as a parody because of where the thread was created.
Good point. Thanks.
Who's to say the confessed to be religious are really anti religious but use it to get elected?