"Ryan, KC8PMX" wrote:
I have no problem with that representation of one faith being presented as
long as ALL OTHER faiths are allowed to place items representative of those
faiths, on publically owned properties as well. THERE IS more than one
religion.....
Ryan
Yes, true enough, but how many different religions would
demand a token presence in the Courtrooms once any religion
is so recognized? You could not easily refuse any of them
once you establish the right of religions to put their
symbols on public property. If my religion worships Cacti,
Fresh Air, and Unicorns as gods, what objective means would
disqualify me from the right to promote my beliefs if
Christians get to do so with theirs? Fairness says, if you
put any religious symbol in the public sphere, then every
other religion has a right to demand the same consideration.
What a mess!
BUT your hard-core Christian fundamentalists who prattle on
about "religious freedom" would be first to scream like
stuck pigs the second something from Voudoin ("Voodoo") or
Wicca, or just about any religion very far outside theirs,
were introduced into that same public setting as the Ten
Commandments were. All of a sudden, it would be
state-sponsored Satanism (or somesuch noxious idiocy as
that.)
This proves these Christian Fundy sorts care nothing of
religious freedom. They're in fact *Christian
Supremacists*, bent on forcing their very narrow views and
beliefs on an entire culture, and not only don't they
respect other viewpoints, but in my experience they're
resistant to almost all logic and reason as well. (Facts
disprove their views, like their 6000 year old Earth that's
over 4.5 billion years old, etc., so this should not be
surprising.)
Studies have shown the strong link between
Fascism/Authoritarianism and fundamentalist Christianity.
These are NOT people who in any sense should hold political
power.
Which is why they are dangerous and do not deserve serious
consideration from reasonable individuals.
So the logical solution is, no religions in
publically-funded spaces.
In my humble opinion.
-- Ross
"Tom Ellison" wrote in message
...
Dear Lloyd:
I will choose not to respond to this issue regarding legal and
constitutional issues.
However, there are some important spiritual issues involved that have
escaped the news media and, unfortunately, most professing Christians.
The Ten Commandments are found in the Bible, and are rare among the words
of
scripture. Nearly all of scripture was written by men (under inspiration)
but the Ten Commandments are a great exception. This portion of scripture
was written by the hand of God.
Anyone who has read the Ten Commandments in the Bible and was paying
attention when they did so will readily recognize that the words cut into
a
rock down in Alabama do not match scripture. They have been severely
edited.
Who, I wonder, would have the temerity to edit the very words of God? Why
would they do so? It must be presumed that such a person believes they
have
somehow improved on what God wrote, otherwise why would they do so.
I tremble to think how He reacts to this issue.
It is also not too remarkable that the phrases that were edited from this
monument include instructions from God which professing American
Christians
despise and refuse to keep.
It is not the inroads of secularism that threaten our people, but the
somnambulance of true Christians. The issue should not be whether
Christians are allowed to display their principles in public, but whether
those principles are grounded in the truth of His Word.
--
Tom Ellison
"Daviesl2003" wrote in message
...
Right now. They are trying to remove the 10 Commandments. God is the
basis of
society. Let me try to explain.
The REASON Given for not allowing the Ten Commandment Memorial is the
Separation of Church and State. Anyone can find a copy of the
Constitution and
read it . YOUR WILL NEVER EVEN FIND SUCH A PHRASE ALLUDED TO WITHIN ITS
PAGES!!! The ONLY place it was ever mentioned was in a personal letter
written
by Thomas Jefferson while in France to a friend in the United States
with
the
EXACT OPPOSITE meaning to what the Freemasonic Judges have stated. How
could a
personal letter to a friend and its contents have anything to do with
the
meaning of the Constitution?
Our forefathers fled from Europe because of religious persecution by
the
Catholic Church and the Church of England. Our Founding Fathers
established a
Christian nation. They did not want to allow just ONE church
denomination
to
gain full power, and thus the power to PERSECUTE. They never intended
to
separate the government from God, the schools from God, the churches
from
God,
public buildings from God, etc. THEY ONLY WANTED TO PREVENT ONE CHURCH
FROM
GAINING ALL POWER AND CREATED ANOTHER HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE THAT KILLED ALL
DISSENTERS. They wanted the nation to be Christian and free to worship
as
they
thought was right WITHOUT the Pope telling them differently.
Again, God's law has been broken. God is crying today. Don't give me
this
crap about God. God will hold each and every one of you in as much
contempt
as God will hold the judges who made this decision. Alot of Christains
are
getting fed up with all this bullcarp, and they are starting to wake up
and do
something. Is the event that will cause that? Time will tell
Lloyd Davies - Time Lord and Talk show host
"On the Domestic Front"
http://nitepirate66.tripod.com/domesticfront/index.htm