Posted on 08/20/2014 5:21:24 AM PDT by Kaslin
Many people in this country were shocked when the U.S. Navy recently announced the removal of all Bibles from military hotels under their control. This was in response to pressure from the Freedom From Religion Foundation, a well-known atheist group.
The surprise is not the hypocritical stance of the Freedom From Religion Foundation, but rather the fact that an established bulwark of American strength and patriotism caved to a self-serving group of religious fanatics. The previous sentence may seem out of place if you don't realize that atheism is actually a religion.
Like traditional religions, atheism requires strong conviction. In the case of atheists, it's the belief that there is no God and that all things can be proved by science. It is extremely hypocritical of the foundation to request the removal of Bibles from hotel rooms on the basis of their contention that the presence of Bibles indicates that the government is choosing one religion over another. If they really thought about it, they would realize that removal of religious materials imposes their religion on everyone else.
Some atheists argue that there should be a library or cachet of religious material at the check-in desk of a hotel from which any guest could order a Bible, Torah or Koran for their reading pleasure. No favoritism would be shown through such a system, and those who reject the idea of God would not have to be offended.
This is like saying there shouldn't be certain brands of bottled water in hotel rooms because there may be guests who prefer a different type of water or are offended by bottled water and think everybody should be drinking tap water. The logical answer to such absurdity would, of course, be that the offended individual could bring his own water or simply ignore the brand of water he does not care for.
As a nation, we must avoid the paralysis of hypersensitivity, which prevents us from getting anything done because virtually everything offends someone. We need to distribute "big boy" pants to help the whiners learn to focus their energy in a productive way. We must also go back and read the Constitution, including the First Amendment, which guarantees freedom of religion. It says nothing about freedom from religion, and in fact, if you consider the context and the lives of those involved in the crafting of our founding documents, it is apparent that they believed in allowing their faith to guide their lives. This has nothing to do with imposing one's beliefs on someone else.
Those of us who do believe in God can hope and pray that at some point secular progressives will come to understand that they must abide by the same rules with which they attempt to control others. There is nothing wrong with the philosophy of "live and let live." America was designed to be a free country, where people could live as they pleased and pursue their dreams as long as they didn't infringe upon the rights of others. By continually broadening the scope of an "infringement" on the rights of others, the purveyors of division will succeed in destroying our nation -- but only if we continue to cater to their divisive rhetoric.
Liberty and justice for all has worked extremely well for an extended period of time, and there is no reason to upset the equilibrium by endowing the hypersensitive complainers in our society with more power than everyone else. Thankfully, the Navy quickly realized its mistake and restored the Bible to its lodges. Maybe now we can deal with the real issues that threaten our safety.
Aren't people giving testimony in court required to swear on the Bible... and aren't they compelled to be truthful or face charges of perjury, if they swear falsely?
How remove the Bible from the society of a Christian
country... founded by and MOSTLY inhabited by Christians?
Just as an example: Is anyone asking Buddhists in Buddhist countries to give up Buddhism?
I wonder how many of these Freedom From Religion Foundation people read stories to their children at night? Do they only read non-fiction?
We need to get the house and the senate by 2/3 so we can change the law that says every judge can be voted out of office if they do not follow the constitution. Miracles can happen.
> Liberty and justice for all has worked extremely well for an extended period of time, and there is no reason to upset the equilibrium by endowing the hypersensitive complainers in our society with more power than everyone else.
Great line...
> How remove the Bible from the society of a Christian
country... founded by and MOSTLY inhabited by Christians?
Just as an example: Is anyone asking Buddhists in Buddhist countries to give up Buddhism?
No. And because this is a spiritual war.
Epheians 6:12
For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms
Thankfully, the Navy came to it’s senses by restoring the Bible back again.
We agree—T’anks. As an aside in his systemic theology Professor Charles Hodge published that the claim that the United States is a Christian Nation was a statement of fact— and by way of justification cited evidence much like you have.
This was in 1871—then in 1892 the Unanimous US supreme Court decided the church of the Holy Trinity v. the United States, 143 US 457—(Feb.29,1892 decided ) followed by a commentary on that Legal decision by the author of it in 1905 -Justice David Brewer published The United States: a Christian Nation.
You probably know all this already but I add it here in case there are some who would believe Obama .I believe a nation established a Christian Nation has been judged by that standard. And will be judged by that standard. The enemy ,no flesh and blood enemy , I suspect is well aware his time is short and is doing whatever he can to harm those who believe and call Jesus Christ their Lord and Savior.
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