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Originally posted by Watermelon View PostIn Australia you need your name and address and they mark you off. If you don’t get marked off you get fined. $25 I think."He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose." - Jim Elliot
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We just get a sticker and go home..."He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose." - Jim Elliot
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Originally posted by Watermelon View PostIn Australia you need your name and address and they mark you off. If you don’t get marked off you get fined. $25 I think.Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
Than a fool in the eyes of God
From "Fools Gold" by Petra
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Originally posted by Mountain Man View PostAre you saying that in Australia, you get fined if you don't vote?Enter the Church and wash away your sins. For here there is a hospital and not a court of law. Do not be ashamed to enter the Church; be ashamed when you sin, but not when you repent. – St. John Chrysostom
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Originally posted by Mountain Man View PostWow... and how long before you're fined if you don't vote "correctly"?Enter the Church and wash away your sins. For here there is a hospital and not a court of law. Do not be ashamed to enter the Church; be ashamed when you sin, but not when you repent. – St. John Chrysostom
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Originally posted by One Bad Pig View PostI'm not sure how that follows.Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
Than a fool in the eyes of God
From "Fools Gold" by Petra
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Originally posted by Mountain Man View PostForcing people to vote seems like government overreach to me, and I wonder what it would take for the government to reach just a little bit further and start monitoring how individuals vote."Yes. President Trump is a huge embarrassment. And it’s an embarrassment to evangelical Christianity that there appear to be so many who will celebrate precisely the aspects that I see Biblically as most lamentable and embarrassing." Southern Baptist leader Albert Mohler Jr.
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Originally posted by Chuckles View PostSo monitorering how people vote would be to reach just a little bit further? You might want to reconsider that statement...Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
Than a fool in the eyes of God
From "Fools Gold" by Petra
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Originally posted by Mountain Man View PostNo reconsideration needed. Here in the US, it is possible to tell whether or not I voted, but there is no way to see how I voted since all ballots are anonymous. It's a matter of basic privacy."Yes. President Trump is a huge embarrassment. And it’s an embarrassment to evangelical Christianity that there appear to be so many who will celebrate precisely the aspects that I see Biblically as most lamentable and embarrassing." Southern Baptist leader Albert Mohler Jr.
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Originally posted by Chuckles View PostThat does not concern the point I made.Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
Than a fool in the eyes of God
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Originally posted by Mountain Man View PostOf course it does, but you're too slow witted to see it. It's always a problem when the government reaches in and takes just a little more of your privacy away. Of course Australia isn't actually monitoring how people vote, but I think taking away one's freedom not to vote without facing reprisal is already bad enough.
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Originally posted by Mountain Man View PostForcing people to vote seems like government overreach to me, and I wonder what it would take for the government to reach just a little bit further and start monitoring how individuals vote.
Originally posted by Charles View PostSo monitorering how people vote would be to reach just a little bit further? You might want to reconsider that statement...
Originally posted by Mountain Man View PostNo reconsideration needed. Here in the US, it is possible to tell whether or not I voted, but there is no way to see how I voted since all ballots are anonymous. It's a matter of basic privacy.
And, of course i also think it is wrong to force people to vote. However I am able to point out that it is wrong without having to foolishly claim that is only a small step further to monitor how people vote."Yes. President Trump is a huge embarrassment. And it’s an embarrassment to evangelical Christianity that there appear to be so many who will celebrate precisely the aspects that I see Biblically as most lamentable and embarrassing." Southern Baptist leader Albert Mohler Jr.
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