@msolga,
That is cool: The dictatiorship of relativism... When all dictatorships have been built upon absoultism what sort of dictatorship would a dictatorship of relativism be???... In the sense that underlying all democracy in the West is the notion that all are Equal in the Eyes of God, for which thought Nietzsche heaped contemely on the Head of Sr. Paul, he is correct... But that metaphysical statement of equality whether coming from Paul or from Jefferson's All men created Equal; not the church and not humanity for a moment has bought what was so clearly offered without proof... Humans are identical, and equality is a moral form that has yet to be given force by our social forms, including the Church... Science has done much more to establish our equality as fact than the church, or religion... And even science has yet to cross the hurdle that while all are equal more are different....
The churches and religions should all be got out of our political discussions... It is not to much to ask that those who have faith in God demonstrate some faith in God and get their irrationality out of the business of rational people which is self government... We cannot count on God saving us from disasters, tornados, huricanes, floods, draughts, wars, or famines... Provisions have to be made, and since our governments are not blessed with Josephs who can see the fat eating the lean, we must all commit ourselves to preparation for the unknown that we know must be coming since it has come before... Irrationality as religion is has no palce in government...
If people owe their aliegence to their church they cannot be thought as acting in the general public's interest any more than if they were working for some foreign power... Government must work for all the people, and this people supports churches and church property by carrying the burden of their taxes... Taxes are the sacrifice people must pay to belong to sociaty and have a voice in the affairs of government... If they don't want to pay they should not play...