fe means for judging people, and if it were, then we would not have evolved as people enough to realise that inequality is wrong. Dershowitz stated that people should not be judged by what they believe in, but how moral they are and how they conduct themselves in society. The opposing view, stated by Alan Keyes, suggests that religion and morality together have helped people through rough times, such as slavery. He said that if there were not the religious and moral people, such as the ones who ran the Underground Railroad, then society would not have made it through those times. He also suggested that if people did not have religion, what would they grasp to? He also stressed that if God’s voice were not followed, then the people would not have been able to escape those hard times. Religion and morality are important in the public, but it is also necessary to understand that everyone has different beliefs. These different beliefs can be used for good in the public, through morality, or they can be used negatively. My views were tainted after seeing the debate on organised religion. Before the video, I did not see much of a point of separating religion and state. I did not understand why it was necessary until Alan Dershowitz started listing off the catastrophes caused by keeping religion and morality together. The Bible can be quoted from nearly every position, and I feel that if there was the power of the state behind the negative side of the Bible it could lead to fatalistic effects. Alan Keyes did not seem to have much of an argument on this because there is not much of an argument to have. The worst wars in history were caused because the leaders were following their religion. Adolf Hitler believed that Jews were bad people because of his religion, and with the power of the state behind him, executed many innocent people. Alan Dershowitz’s views made the most sense to me because it is with the times, and I felt that Key...
