You don’t know anything about my religion then? The satan from the Bible is not the one we worship? We have sins (false judgement, arrogance, and malice) but we don’t like celebrate the biblical sins we just see them as part of humanity (what we call the five appetites). We have what’s called ‘the infernal tenants’ (devotion, resilience, clarity, autonomy, and wisdom) which is what guides us
Adams wasn’t calling for a theocracy. He meant republics need virtuous citizens, which at the time was synonymous with religious but as we all know definitions change as people get more information. The Constitution itself bars a state religion, so twisting his words into an argument for theocracy is ignoring both him and the First Amendment.
That’s not what Adams said. He was warning that without civic virtue, the Constitution can’t hold. In his day, virtue and religion were basically synonyms. But the Constitution itself makes clear government can’t enforce religion (First Amendment, Treaty of Tripoli, etc.) Using his quote to argue for a state religion is cherry picking while ignoring the actual law.
okay well obviously they’re talking about sins found in abrahamic religions? it’s giving low reading comprehension because they’re obviously talking about sins that are minor compared to those. if you think things like fornication, greed, or gossip aren’t sin, that’s a personal, pagan belief and not representative of abrahamic faith, which like i said is obviously what’s being discussed