Comments on: Pass this Plate?

By: Oh, No… — Why Now?

Oh, No… — Why Now? — Mon, 05 May 2008 22:12:22 +0000

[…] that the Florida legislature didn’t clap loud enough or really have enough faith and the “I Believe” plate won’t get passed this […]

By: Bryan

Bryan — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 17:21:24 +0000

What you need is a good air conditioner and locally I could recommend a good Christian dealer, because we have the Christian business directory delivered every years and for some reason it doesn’t burst into flame when it lands on my stoop [although I have noticed that by the time I pick it up, somecat has “baptized” it.]

It seems like half of the business graphics in this area feature a “fish”.

By: Cookie Jill

Cookie Jill — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 07:44:40 +0000

Guess it’s late and still really hot so I’m terribly cranky….If I saw one of those plates, I would try to make it so the driver could go see what he believes in…sooner.

Not the proper Buddhist thought…I know. I’m just tired of having people stuff their religion down my throat and into Government.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 03:56:55 +0000

The Baptist preacher who had the church down the street before it became a commercial enterprise with a school, day care, and media studio, used to say that “If you have to tell someone you’re a Christian, you’re not.”

I look at this plate somewhat the same way: if it takes a special license plate to advertise your belief, it can’t be very strong.

People should do what is right because it is right. If you only do right because of the promise of heaven or the threat of hell, traditional Christian doctrine would say you are headed to hell because you don’t really believe.

By: Steve Bates

Steve Bates — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 01:50:08 +0000

I would contribute a bit to the ACLU to see that one of those lawsuits against that plate is in fact filed. No matter how many religions the great state of Florida saw fit to make special plates for, it would still be a violation of Amendment I of the U.S. Constitution for them to do so: multiple establishment is unconstitutional as surely as establishment of a single religion. Sorry; it’s un-American.

Constitutional issues aside, like hipparchia, I’ve never seen a shred of credible evidence that, on average, people who are observant in some religion are in any meaningful sense “better” or more moral than people who practice no religion at all. If your faith is the source of your moral center, well and good (actually I have some reservations), but don’t assume that people who have no faith or a different faith are somehow lacking in that moral center.

By: hipparchia

hipparchia — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 07:24:50 +0000

It is universally believed that such programs strengthen moral character

guess that makes me out of this universe then.