[Carry_Okie]

nothing but Tribal tumors in various stages of growth.

Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days will be long in the land that the Lord thy G-d giveth thee

Looks to me like tribalism sir.

Tribes are making things a might difficult for the American Army in Afghanistan, and without their cooperation, we'd still be losing in Iraq. The reality is, extended family and religion are the only mitigating social forces besides government. G-d gave us religion and told us to bind as family. The reason Islam is so backward is not its "tribalism" but its religion.

I'd bet you've never looked at the Fifth Commandment that way, but it fits the text and particularly the Hebrew better than the usual "take care of your parents" explanation.

[Avoiding_Sulla]

This flow chart suggests how very many may decide on what religion to choose.

Here's the link just in case FR software won't allow the embedding of a jpeg that resides at a blogger address. [WUWT?]

[LomanBill]

>>Looks to me like tribalism sir.

Obviously, but AMERICA is a Republic - not a Tribe.

Thus it says E PLURIBUS UNUM  on top of the Capitol

not

E PLURIBUS TRIBAL BALKINZATIONUM

“WE MIGHT AS WELL REQUIRE A MAN TO WEAR STILL THE COAT WHICH FITTED HIM WHEN A BOY

AS CIVILIZED SOCIETY TO REMAIN EVER UNDER THE REGIMEN OF THEIR BARBAROUS ANCESTORS”
—Thomas Jefferson.

The purpose of this Republic, this Governance rested upon a Legal Framework, being to protect the INDIVIDUAL from subjugation by the collective - whether that collective be mercantile, religious, Tribal, or other in nature.

“TO SECURE THESE RIGHTS, governments are instituted among men”

If the reset button on American governance is going to be pushed, the Phoenix rises Here, where the Declaration of Independence is carved in stone upon the wall: