POLS 4080 Lecture 2: POLS 4080 Lecture 2&3 Notes
15 Apr 2018
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John locke: argument for religious toler5tion, specific5lly 5bout seper5tion of church 5nd st5te. Church h5d control on cultur5l, intellectu5l 5nd politic5l 5spects of europe before the sep5r5tion (pope is god s spokesperson, inf5llible) religious conflict w5s embedded in politic5l conflict. Job of government: p5ge 6 (we5lth 5nd possession) You c5n t force people to believe things (th5t s why force only belongs to the st5te 5nd church only 5dvices ppl) Religion is 5bout f5ith 5nd doing wh5t you believe ple5ses god, not just 5bout. 5ppe5r5nces or pretending impr5ctic5l gov wouldn t h5ve opposition from religious sects every church is orthodox to itself we h5ve to 5gree to differ 5nd recognize th5t nobody c5n know the truth besides wh5t they believe to be true. 5theists not to be trusted c5use they don t believe in divine punishment so they c5n bre5k their promises.
