Posted on 08/21/2003 12:27:25 PM PDT by Happy2BMe
| I. Thou shalt have no other gods before me. II. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image. III. Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain. IV. Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. V. Honour thy father and thy mother. |
VI. Thou shalt not kill. VII. Thou shalt not commit adultery. VIII. Thou shalt not steal. IX. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. X. Thou shalt not covet any thing that is thy neighbour's. |
Are the Ten Commandments still relevant?
In American Society, who most would desire to see them eradicated from public view?
#1: The U.S.S.C.
#2: Every State Supreme Court.
#3: Every public polititian.
#4: The Democratic Party.
#5: All othe major political parties.
#6: Murderers.
#7: Thieves, extortionists, Labor Union Chiefs, every CEO of the Fortune 500.
#8: The NEA, NAACP, AFLCIO
#9: Homosexuals, lesbians, pedophiles, pornographers, web hosts, Hollywood, National Foundation of The Arts.
Add a few more . . .
Then, when false witness is given, it is no big deal.
When Solomon made his decision -----> there were no lawyers.
Ergo, a correct decision.
Makes me want to puke.
This is a purposely misleading statement. Public view? Anyone can post the Ten Commandments in view of the public:
Mount them in front of your church.
Wear them on your shirt.
Post them on your lawn.
Put them on a billboard.
Put them on TV, on the radio, full page ads in the newspaper.
Stand on a soapbox on a public street and read them to anyone who walks by.
Etc...
Let's be honest here: what we're discussing is posting the Commandments on government property, using taxpayer funded recourses as a forum for religion.
To claim that keeping the commandments out of government property is akin to keeping them from public view is ludicrous. It asserts that you so incredibly feeble and dependent on government that you cannot even speak your mind or convey a message without its help. Are you that helpless?
The true question here is should government property be used to promote religion. Now that the true question is made clear, debate away.
Then, when false witness is given, it is no big deal."
You mean like the Florida Supreme Court judges who in broad daylight tried to lie their way out of amending the U.S. Constitution over Al Gore's attempt to STEAL the 2000 Presidential Election?
Or perhaps you may be referring to the (dis)honorable judges sitting on the 9th U.S. District Court of Appeals who are all for taking God out of everything - including the Pledge of Allegiance?
Then there is the illustrious President of the United States, Bill Clinton who lied under oath to a grand jury over an ONGOING ADULTEROUS AFFAIR (and acts) while sitting at the desk of the president?
Lawyers are the best liars in the world. That is why they make such skillful polititians and judges.
Whe rules America? Judges (brought up, weaned, groomed, tutored and promoted from within their own ranks).
Did he have each and every student's parents permission? I for one am extremely opposed to strangers approaching children with literature of any sort without the parents full knowledge and permission.
Thou shall have no other God but government.
Thou shall make no image, unless it's an AIDS memorial for dead homosexuals and drug users in California. Then it's ok to use a pagan Aztec God. Goddesses of feminism are ok too. They're sooo cute!
Thou shall not use the Lords name in vein, unless you're caught with an intern or sucking a prostitutes toe.
Rember the Sabbath. Work overtime to pay your union dues. The Democrats need the money.
Honor thy mother and father, choose euthinism. Murder is sooooo mean spirited.
Thou shall not murder, unless you're a Democrat politician or abortion provider. Then show no mercy.
Thou shall not lie, unless you're taking about sex before a grand jury.
Thou shall not covet, unless your neighbor has more than you. Then just steal what you want, or vote for a Democrat to do it for you.
How about it he wore a "Zen" "Islamic Equality" or "Hindu Now" shirt?
Or maybe a "God is Dead" shirt?
There has to be a shirt that guy can get on a jury with!
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Sad but true. I take getting kicked off a jury pool as a high complement. Anyone with a brain is tenuously searched out and dismissed. Both sides want juries packed with impressionable mental cripples. "Voir Dire" has become French for "Jury Stacking."
I fully support one's right to wear whatever they want to Jury Duty and still serve, including the Ten Commandments.
Wrong! The monument is NOT on public property to "promote" religion (which, by the way, is not something even mentioned in the Constitution except as to limiting Congess's authority to pass any laws to "establish" or "prevent the free excerise thereof"), so your "true question" is wrong on its face.
The statue merely promotes decency, compassion, morality, and guidance in the conduct of a person's life, placed in a location FUNDED BY PEOPLE WHO IN MAJORITY HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH ITS PRESENCE.
NO ONE IS FORCED TO READ OR ABIDE BY IT (though it can be argued that they SHOULD).
The court has over-stepped its bounds on this for sure, and ruling it must be removed is beyond reasonable.
No. The God of athiesm shouldn't be acknowledged above all others.
This is not the question, but only a diversion. If government is not free to acknowledge GOD then the Constitution and the Bill of Rights mean nothing. Our right to life, liberty and pursuit of happiness are God-given rights, no government can take that away, or can they?
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