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Court says Jesus statue can stay
wnd.com ^ | 9/1/2015 | Cheryl Chumley

Posted on 09/01/2015 5:09:29 AM PDT by rktman

The Jesus statue can stay, a panel ruled.

Two of three 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals’ judges slapped back at atheists who wanted to remove a Jesus statue from U.S. Forest Service land, telling them in a just-released ruling: Sorry, you’re not winning this one.

The panel in effect agreed with U.S. District Judge Dana Christensen of Montana, who had previously ruled the Jesus statue, which stands six feet tall on a northwestern, Montana ski hill – and has for 60 or so years – is just as secular, if not more so, as religious, Fox News reported.

(Excerpt) Read more at wnd.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Government; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: 9thcircus; statue
WHAT? Okay. Somebody must be 'punkin' me. First there was something that I agreed with that alcee hastings said and now the 9th circus court ruled that a statue of Jesus can stay? Am I in the twilight zone? Of course the 9th only had a 3 judge panel so if and when the full court hears the appeal, they may overturn the 3 judge ruling. If not, the supremes probably will.
1 posted on 09/01/2015 5:09:29 AM PDT by rktman
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To: rktman
I just invented a theory ...

The Trump revolution has put some trepidation in the hearts of the rebellious black robed.

2 posted on 09/01/2015 5:17:33 AM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true.)
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To: rktman

Innocent question, how can you make a graven image? Is this Catholic or Protestant?


3 posted on 09/01/2015 5:18:16 AM PDT by Phinneous (Who reads the religion thread at 7am?)
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To: Phinneous

It is Biblical. Look up the Ten Commandments.


4 posted on 09/01/2015 5:22:03 AM PDT by Mollypitcher1 (I have not yet begun to fight....John Paul Jones)
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To: rktman

Its throwing a bone for a later claim of balance.


5 posted on 09/01/2015 5:23:13 AM PDT by Norm Lenhart
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To: rktman

The court appears to say, “Since there is no know description of the physical attributes of Jesus of Nazareth, The Christ, then what you see is a statue of -simply- a man.

Unless, of course, you might call it “The Zig-Zag Man”?

Won’t we all be surprised when we get to Heaven and find out Jesus looks like [CAUTION: hyperbolic speculation]
Danny DeVito?


6 posted on 09/01/2015 5:23:14 AM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (BREAKING: Boy Scouts of America Changes Corporate Identity to "Scouting for Boys in America")
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The memorial was erected by surviving members of the 10th Mountain div. who had seen similar memorials while fighting during WWII -in Europe. The Memorial is a reflection of that. The memorial to the 10th Mtn. Div. has stood where it does on Big Mtn. for 60 yrs. There is NOT one jot nor tittle of American Law justly published as our first Amendment that requires a godless government.The Crap about a Constitutional prohibition against any government endorsement of religion was a test of logical skill invented by Justice Sandra Day O. to reconcile the FRAUD perpetrated by the Ku Klux Klansman Hugo black since 1947 Everson v. Board of Edu. (that misleading Metaphor) to the Failed and disappointing Lemon test.invented int he 70’s None of which support the First Amendment.


7 posted on 09/01/2015 5:25:31 AM PDT by StonyBurk (ring)
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel

Or, if the muzzies get wherever the virgins are and find out that al-ah ha looks like him. Or worse yet, the virgins look like him.


8 posted on 09/01/2015 5:25:38 AM PDT by rktman (Served in the Navy to protect the rights of those that want to deprive me of mine. Kinda weird.)
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel

Actually, no! “He was not comely that we should look upon him!”Isaiah 53:2


9 posted on 09/01/2015 5:31:17 AM PDT by mdmathis6
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That’s a stretch but I’ll give you that description.

In my [personal] opinion, that could likewise be applied to Melchizedekh (cameo appearances throughout the Scriptures...)


10 posted on 09/01/2015 5:35:24 AM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (BREAKING: Boy Scouts of America Changes Corporate Identity to "Scouting for Boys in America")
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To: rktman

It was a good article to read.

The statue is on private land at the Big Mountain Ski Area (Flathead lake area). The statue is six feet tall.

The fingers of Our Lady of the Rockies are six feet long:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Lady_of_the_Rockies

You aint removing Our Lady from the Continental Divide!


11 posted on 09/01/2015 5:38:05 AM PDT by BBB333 (Q: Which is grammatically correct? Joe Biden IS or Joe Biden ARE an idiot?)
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To: rktman

Bump


12 posted on 09/01/2015 6:28:24 AM PDT by painter ( Isaiah: “Woe to those who call evil good and good evil,")
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In an excerpt from the ruling:

Jesus is just alright with me
Jesus is just alright, oh yeah!
Jesus is just alright with me
Jesus is just alright, oh yeah!!!!!


13 posted on 09/01/2015 7:07:35 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Buckeye McFrog

Saw the Doobie’s last summer at Lake Tahoe. AWESOME!


14 posted on 09/01/2015 7:39:33 AM PDT by rktman (Served in the Navy to protect the rights of those that want to deprive me of mine. Kinda weird.)
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...NOR shall the free expression thereof be prohibited. Period.

I am sick to death of the atheists and communists who misrepresent the establishment clause while totally ignoring the prohibition clause.
I had a conversation about this yesterday with a 60 year old woman. She had no clue and did not want it explained to her. Yet she was complaining that the people in power are violating our rights.


15 posted on 09/01/2015 9:25:11 AM PDT by mumblypeg (I've seen the future; brother it is murder. -L. Cohen)
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