Cherie Blair stops jail sentance because religious people understand wrongdoing

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83 posts & 28 voices | Started 2 years ago by Midnighthour | Latest reply from JacksonPollock

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duckman - Member

Stumpyjon; Claims a higher moral standing for people who do not believe in God.
-Then says the guy should have got a tougher sentence because he is religious.By your logic surely he should have been given a softer sentence as he was not obviously in posession of the same level of morality as a non-believer.So why are you annoyed he got away with it?

Religion's influence on everyday life
a massive issue
in 2010? Certainly not Christianity in the UK.

Anti-religion rant; fail!

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cynic-al - Member

atheists can be trusted to be telling the truth in Court as they have no compunction to do so (they effectively pay lip service to the meaning of taking the oath).

Howso? It's an oath to tell the truth, just without mentioning God, Allah etc.

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JacksonPollock - Member

Yes its an oath to tell the truth, but it's based upon religion.

What do you swear on? Childrens life, Cross my heart and hope to die? What compels a Godless person to tell the truth in court?

Conversely it could be argued that in our increasingly secular society the oath has become redundant and should be removed.

General point being that religion has/does play a part in the Criminal Justice System, so why the hue & cry over Cherie Blair using it to demonstrate someone is of good character? (it certainly doesn't mean the opposite, that atheists cannot be of good character).

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