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In my ideal church/state government, the people who didn't believe anything or followed a different religion would follow Christian principals.
I have to echo Wendy here. As an agnostic, why on earth should I be obliged to follow so-called Christian principles in order to be considered a moral or ethical person? And why on earth do some Christians claim these principles as their own exclusively? My parents were quite able to teach me right from wrong. I need no god to tell me how to behave morally and I find the entire notion that I can't possibly be a moral person or behave ethically unless I follow the Christian god deeply offensive.

This seems to me to perfectly illustrate the entire problem with the premise being discussed. One person's religion being forced onto those who don't share it.

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