As has been discussed previously, if Jesus was around today He would be the world's # 1 liberal.
Why liberals are right to hate the Ten Commandments
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As has been discussed previously, if Jesus was around today He would be the world's # 1 liberal.
LG:
I am, admittedly, a little past liberal, but as what I've written demonstrates, I dislike the 10C more for what they miss than what they contain.
Pangloss
Yeah, the first few don't apply to folks like you & me. The rest are vague. EG, "Thou shalt not kill". Duzzat mean carrots and mosquitos? What're we sposed to eat if not vegetables, fish, etc.
The Ten Commandments are in direct conflict of the Constitution of United States Of America.
It states in the document that there is equality for all, every American has equal right under the law that deals with race religion and so on.
The fathers of the Constitution were never bothered to say religion rights were protected as long as it was Christian.
The document was later understood as all religions.
Everything went well until the immigration gate were opened up then all of a sudden there were all kinds of non Christian religions in America whose beliefs directly was in conflict with the Christians religions.
Some religions don’t believe in the ten commandments so it either has to be removed from government buildings and schools that get their funding from the taxpayer.
But the government can keep the ten commandments on if they are willing to put different quotes from all religious doctrine but then the Christians get upset at that suggestion because they don’t want other religions to have their say so the Ten Commandments must come down.
A short civics lesson for Liberalman:
At the time of the American Revolution (and today) the Church of England was the "established" Church of that nation; the monarch was "Defender of the Faith" and titular head of the Church, the church was granted massive land grants and monetary benefits from the Crown, both in England and in the colonies, and the Church regularly engaged in fits of persecution against other denominations or creeds, with full support of the government.
The Americans wished to avoid that injustice, and so included in the First Amendment the following words: " Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;"
THAT"S IT! That is all there is!
It is perverse that these simple words have led to the suppression of official expressions of the Christian faith throughout what is, essentually, a Christian nation.
The guys that wrote the Amendment would be shocked.
At the time of the American Revolution (and today) the Church of England was the "established" Church of that nation; the monarch was "Defender of the Faith" and titular head of the Church, the church was granted massive land grants and monetary benefits from the Crown, both in England and in the colonies, and the Church regularly engaged in fits of persecution against other denominations or creeds, with full support of the government.
The Americans wished to avoid that injustice, and so included in the First Amendment the following words: " Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;"
THAT"S IT! That is all there is!
It is perverse that these simple words have led to the suppression of official expressions of the Christian faith throughout what is, essentually, a Christian nation.
The guys that wrote the Amendment would be shocked.
Colpy:
Yeah. . .suppression like funding for faith-based charities, having an office for faith-based charities. . .states where there is only one oath of office, and it's a pledge to God. . .is there a politician in the states who doesn't go to church or say "God Bless America". . .the currency says on it "In God We Trust".
Ronald Reagan believing he was going to be the last president before Armageddon.
The founding fathers were a pretty diverse bunch, given to widely different views on religion, some being straight-up atheist. . .you bet they'd be shocked.
They'd be shocked at the displays of piety being used to mollify a deeply superstitious, uneducated electorate.
Religion is stampeding through american politics and culture.
Pangloss