[quote]reality: 50 years ago, marijuana was illegal[/quote] Actually, reality was that it was perfectly legal until a study shown that it impaired judgement. But you wouldn't know that, because you're trying to make me look wrong. [quote]abortion was illegal,[/quote] Lolprolife. Abortions still [i]happened[/i] at least now, if a woman wants an abortion, it's done [u]safely[/u] by a [u]professional[/u] who isn't going to scour her insides with who knows what. [quote]assisted suicide was illegal[/quote] Still is. Technically Suicide itself in any form is illegal. The only punishment though for a dead person is that their life insurance is voided. [quote]sex with animals I think was illegal[/quote] Still illegal. However people are smarter than 50 years ago. A Florida man got away from charges on a technicality. The law never said "Oral sex" was illegal. [quote]having a gun to protect yourself was LEGAL[/quote] Still legal. Only now we aren't -blam!-ing retarded enough to just give everyone and their sociopathic cousin a weapon. [quote]disciplining one's child was LEGAL[/quote] Still legal. But you probably don't know the difference between discipline and abuse. [quote]the laws are -blam!-ed and are/will continue to get worse[/quote] yeah. There are some -blam!-ed up laws. Did you know there's a state where you can't park your giraffe next to a street lamp? Or that in Florida, you can't sing on a beach if you're wearing a swinsuit? [quote]but you can hide behind them all you want and continue to be controlled and manipulated until your humanity and rights are lost as well[/quote]. You actually think you have rights. TOPLOL. But it's not the fact that the bible isn't the base for law that we don't have any rights. That's the humanity to blame. Human error. [quote]We dont care[/quote]. Nah. I think that you're just a little too ignorant to realize that the world would be a lot worse off if a religious text were held in the same legal regards as the law. I mean. Just look out at the world. Saudi Arabia. Where because of traditions based on their religion, society dictates that women are essentially slabs of meat to be fed until they aren't useful any more. I mean. How would you feel if your dad could just viciously thrash you and the rest of your household, [i]legally[/i] I might add, as long as he invoked the right combination of words like "They were possessed by the Devil! Talking nonsense! It was all I could do to beat it out of them!". That's the kind of reality that you're trying to put in a good light.