Re[2]: Evangelical Apostasy

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At 12:20 AM 3/31/98 -0500, Mark D. Stein wrote:

>MARK

>The statement by Justice Black was "in dicta", a footnote of sorts, it

>is nothing more than personal opinion of the author.  Statements "in

>dicta" are not part of a ruling and are not legally binding.  Humanism

>has not been ruled a religion by the Supreme Court, one Justice, writing

>his own personal opinion "in dicta" believes that it is a religion, that

>personal opinion does not a religion make.


The Supreme Court is not in the business of defining words.
What might or might not fall under the First Amendment use
of the word 'religion' means nothing about how people 
practice religion on a daily basis. Atheism is a religion
within the meaning of the First Amendment. If you doubt
this, just try to require that Atheism be taught as the
truth in public schools.

Dick Jones

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