Posted on 12/05/2008 4:10:12 PM PST by Michael Eden
The government of the state of Washington has officially endorse endorsed atheism by allowing the following statement to be posted immediately next to a nativity scene:
“At this season of the Winter Solstice may reason prevail. There are no gods, no devils, no angels, no heaven or hell. There is only our natural world. Religion is but myth and superstition that hardens hearts and enslaves minds.”You need to understand, a nativity scene is not a statement, but a symbol. And the "holiday tree" (it's not even called a "Christmas" tree) is likewise merely a symbol. There is no comparison to the dismissive, hateful, statement that the government allowed to be posted on state property that categorically states in propositional form doctrines that people are called upon to follow.
How far we've come since the dreadful 1980 Supreme Court decision (Stone v. Graham) in which it was decreed that the posting of the Ten Commandments could not be posted on government grounds given that:
If the posted copies of the Ten Commandments are to have any effect at all, it will be to induce the schoolchildren to read, meditate upon, perhaps to venerate and obey, the Commandments.But it is entirely appropriate that children be induced to read, meditate upon, and perhaps even venerate and obey, the doctrines of atheism.
The nativity scene and the tree are symbols. You can't read a tree. And the nativity scene doesn't urge you to believe or not believe anything.
The simple fact is that the Supreme Court's ruling was blatantly un-American and unconstitutional, and flies in the face of our history. But even when we accept this decision at face value, we see how incredibly hypocritical atheists and their liberal supporters truly are. They are perfectly FINE with indoctrination - as long as it is THEIR indoctrination of godless atheism.
Bill O'Reilly said on his radio program yesterday that this campaign was both ridiculous and hateful, and asked whether it would be appropriate for the Ku Klux Klan to get equal time on Martin Luther King day. And given the posting of this sign and the official government endorsement it represents.
O'Reilly said if atheists wanted to post a symbol, maybe they could put up a picture of Bill Maher. I would submit that a gas chamber or a gulag would be a far more appropriate symbol of atheism (considering the nearly 200 million who were murdered by avowed Marxists and officially atheist governments during the last century).
It is interesting that the doctrine of "separation of church and state" does not exist in the United States Constitution, but it DID exist in Article 124 of the Constitution of the Union of Soviet Soviet Republics. Our founding fathers were completely in favor of the vital relationship that religion - and Christianity in particular - had with American government. The federal government was restrained in favoring one sect over another, and most definitely NOT compelled to separate itself from religion.
You may examine the various early charters and compacts that provided the Judeo-Christian foundation for our government; you may read the religious Clauses in every single one of our State Constitutions, proving that religion, Christianity, the Bible, and our founders’ understanding of the Constitution were and are entirely compatible.
You may read statement after statement from our founding fathers as to their views of the necessity of religion being the foundation of our system of government:
"We have no government armed with the power capable of contending with human passions, unbridled by morality and true religion. Our constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other." - John AdamsBut that isn't all we have. We also have the fiery words of Thomas Jefferson - as a primary representative of our founding fathers and in fact as the man who's "separation of church and state" has been so profoundly misrepresented by liberal judges - condemning the very notion of a group of black robed masters imposing their will upon the Constitution and making law for the people without representation:“…And let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion…reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle.” - George Washington, Farewell Address, Sept 17, 1796
“Religion and good morals are the only solid foundations of public liberty and happiness.” - Samuel Adams, Letter to John Trumbull, October 16, 1778
“The great pillars of all government and of social life [are] virtue, morality, and religion. This is the armor…and this alone, that renders us invincible.” - Patrick Henry, Letter to Archibald Blair, January 8, 1789
“Without morals, a republic cannot subsist any length of time; they therefore who are decrying the Christian religion…are undermining the solid foundation of morals, the best security for the duration of free governments.” - Charles Carroll (signer of the Constitution), Letter to James McHenry,November 4, 1800
“Religion is the only solid basis of good morals; therefore education should teach the precepts of religion, and the duties of man towards God.” - Life of Gouverneur Morris, Vol III
“Let divines and philosophers, statesmen and patriots, unite their endeavors to renovate the age, by impressing the minds of men with the importance of educating their little boys and girls, of inculcating in the minds of youth the fear and love of the Deity…in short of leading them in the study and practice of the exalted virtues of the Christian system.“ - Samuel Adams, Letter to John Adams, October 4, 1790
“In contemplating the political institutions of the United States, I lament that we waste so much time and money in punishing crimes, and take so little pains to prevent them. We profess to be republicans and yet we neglect the only means of establishing and perpetuating our republican forms of government. That is, the universal education of our youth in the principles of Christianity by the means of the Bible.” - Benjamin Rush, “A Defense of the Use of the Bible as a School Book”, 1798
“In my view, the Christian Religion is the most important and one of the first things in which all children, under a free government, ought to be instructed…no truth is more evident to my mind than that the Christian Religion must be the basis of any government intended to secure the rights and privileges of a free people.” - Noah Webster, Reply to David McClure, Oct. 25, 1836
"Information to those who would remove (or move) to America": "To this may be truly added, that serious Religion under its various Denominations, is not only tolerated, but respected and practised. Atheism is unknown there, Infidelity rare & secret, so that Persons may live to a great Age in that Country without having their Piety shock'd by meeting with either an Atheist or an Infidel. And the Divine Being seems to have manifested his Approbation of the mutual Forbearance and Kindness with which the different Sects treat each other, by the remarkable Prosperity with which he has been pleased to favour the whole Country." - Ben Franklin, 1787 pamphlet to Europeans
"Independent of its connection with human destiny hereafter, the fate of republican government is indissolubly bound up with the fate of the Christian religion, and a people who reject its holy faith will find themselves the slaves of their own evil passions and of arbitrary power." - Lewis Cass, A Brigadier-General in the War of 1812, Governor of the Michigan Territory, a Secretary of War, a Senator, a Secretary of State. The State of Michigan placed his statue in the U.S. Capitol's Statuary Hall.
"God who gave us life gave us liberty. And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are a gift of God? That they are not to violated but with His wrath? Indeed, I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that His justice cannot sleep forever." - "Yes, we did produce a near perfect Republic. But will they keep it, or will they, in the enjoyment of plenty, lose the memory of freedom? Material abundance without character is the surest way to destruction." - Thomas Jefferson
"I shall need, too, the favor of that Being in whose hands we are, who led our fathers, as Israel of old, from their native land and planted them in a country flowing with all the necessaries and comforts of life; who has covered our infancy with His providence and our riper years with His wisdom and power, and to whose goodness I ask you to join in supplications with me that He will so enlighten the minds of your servants, guide their councils, and prosper their measures that whatsoever they do shall result in your good, and shall secure to you the peace, friendship, and approbation of all nations." - Thomas Jefferson
“Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports…In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism who should labor to subvert these great pillars of human happiness, these firmest props of the duties of men and citizens…” - George Washington, Farewell Address, Sept 17, 1796
“Statesmen, my dear Sir, may plan and speculate for liberty, but it is Religion and Morality alone, which can establish the Principles upon which Freedom can securely stand.” - John Adams, Letter of June 21, 1776
“This member of the Government was at first considered as the most harmless and helpless of all its organs. But it has proved that the power of declaring what the law is, ad libitum, by sapping and mining slyly and without alarm the foundations of the Constitution, can do what open force would not dare to attempt.” —Thomas Jefferson to Edward Livingston, 1825. ME 16:114Thus the atheists who attempt to subvert our religious foundations - and flock before the courts to have judges impose their will upon the people - are every bit as much fools in their understanding of America and history as they are fools in the religious sense (Psalm 14:1).“The Constitution . . . meant that its coordinate branches should be checks on each other. But the opinion which gives to the judges the right to decide what laws are constitutional and what not, not only for themselves in their own sphere of action but for the Legislature and Executive also in their spheres, would make the Judiciary a despotic branch.” —Thomas Jefferson to Abigail Adams, 1804. ME 11:51
“To consider the judges as the ultimate arbiters of all constitutional questions [is] a very dangerous doctrine indeed, and one which would place us under the despotism of an oligarchy. Our judges are as honest as other men and not more so. They have with others the same passions for party, for power, and the privilege of their corps. Their maxim is boni judicis est ampliare jurisdictionem [good justice is broad jurisdiction], and their power the more dangerous as they are in office for life and not responsible, as the other functionaries are, to the elective control. The Constitution has erected no such single tribunal, knowing that to whatever hands confided, with the corruptions of time and party, its members would become despots. It has more wisely made all the departments co-equal and co-sovereign within themselves.” —Thomas Jefferson to William C. Jarvis, 1820. ME 15:277
And we are fools, also, if we allow these fools to have their way with the religious foundation which made this the greatest nation in the history of the world.
As Alexis de Tocqueville is generally credited with having said, "America is great because she is good. If America ceases to be good, America will cease to be great." And we are already seeing his the repercussions of his wise warning beginning to unfold today.
It’s all my fault ... I’m very sorry ... I forgot to flush before my wife and I moved out of the state.
A taste of what's to come under Obama.
BUMP!
I feel sorry for people who have no religion and who also feel the need to harass those that do. Very sad, indeed.
You know how to best counter this? Someone print up a professionally done sign talking about Festavus. Put up a Festavus Pole next to the atheist sign. LOL.
These ‘Freedom From Religion’ pukes are stationed here in ‘The People’s Republik of Madistan’ which has been harboring them for decades. They have made SO much money off of this scam, you wouldn’t believe it. The only way they’ll ever be shut own is if the IRS ever audits them. Until then, they have bilked millions out of their uneducated, cult-like Sheeple followers.
I cannot WAIT for this Mother-Daugher-Son-in-Law team to explain themselves to St. Peter. *SMIRK*
In other words, we have Madelyn Murray O’Hare and the despicable crap that came out of her movement all over again?
Figures.
Well, you have to realize that when WE say atheist displays “offend” us, the ATHEISTS say that the fact that we are offended is itself offensive. And the judges nod sympathetically at them in understanding and rule in their favor.
It’s like the UN, which is outraged that Jews would actually fight back against the terrorists monsters who keep trying to murder them.
>> “At this season of the Winter Solstice may reason prevail... Religion is but myth ...”
That’s one mean aspirited statement.
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