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 . . .
Government enforces laws created by it's citizenry and enforced people through legislation.
The laws are no more or no less righteous than the people who make them and enforce them.
In a God-respecting society, laws enacted to respect other people's rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness do not contradict the precept that God is the source of that society's goodness and righteousness.
In a society that does not have God (yes, the God of the Bible - Jehova Jirah and all His other many names), there is no longer a moral sense of unity among the people - a void exists where righteousness once did.
I skirt no questions or issues here. A Godless society is a doomed society.
Without God, a society is left to none other than it's own devices for survival, inspiration, and direction.
The inspiration and direction cornerstone used at the founding of America was the Ten Commandments and a belief in the Supreme Being as revealed in The Bible.
Thanks to the relatvism movement of the 1800's and the humanist movements of the early 1900's, God has been relegated to a fictitious character in an irrelevant fablebook known to agnostics and atheists of today as "The Bible."
This is where you find yourself.
The "spirit" of the Ten Commandments - "The Law" is what is even more significant than "The Letter" of the Law.
To remove the inspiration and direction and deny a power higher than the weak and corrupt nature of man over a nation is to curse that nation with it's own damnation.
All of the Ten Commandments dealing with the protection and respect of life, liberty, and property MUST be enforced by governement if the government is to maintain a civilized society.
True, the term "civilized" is objective in terms of how much and where "God" or "godliness" or "things pertaining to God" are permitted to surface or be accepted outright or rejected as something illegal or objectionable as a whole to society.
The problem here is not the edicts of the Ten Commandments (the protection of life, liberty, and property), but the acknowledgement of Almighty God.
This is the most difficult poison agnostics and atheists have to rid themselves of via crafty words, corrupt legislators, and manipulative mass media.
Stalin tried it and failed. Lenin tried it and failed. In fact, there is actually more religious freeomd in the former Union of the Socialist Soviet Republic than presently exists in the United States.
You should be rejoicing.
To late!
Through the laws of the land written by mere men most are enforced ! A more pointed question would be which law should be ignored making the breaking of basic morality possable?
But also that does not mean that just because a law is written means that the law is moral or just!
Which was; Which of the commandments would you have government enforce?
Why?
Huh? Hard to tell what this means. But the question has to do with the ten commandments being posted in a government courthouse. Why are they there? Are they the law of the government? They don't seem to be. Would you like to make them law and enforced? If so, Which ones? And which would you leave out? And should those then be removed from the government building where laws are enforced?
No. I've taken a lot of classes at state colleges and I never heard any professor say that.
If you know of any, please let me know.
Students of all faiths should not be interfered with when they want to pray in school.
In the example you give, the rights of Christians are not being respected.
I don't like it any more than you do. Rights and freedom aren't faring so well lately in general.
It doesn't mean you don't have to pay. It means you shouldn't have to pay and your rights are being violated.
It was answered !
Through the laws of the land written by mere men most are enforced !
They may not be worded the same but they have the same aesthetic meaning which is to keep the law within the boundrys of a God fearing society.
It seems that some like to create law on the fly without sticking to the boundrys of common law these Judges and Lawyers are dangerous to a free society!
It should.
For you and freee, there can be but one answer:
THAT is your answer - and it is the kiss of death for this nation.
Lenin tried it. Stalin tried it. Millions were "sanitized" from the "system" who dared stand up against an atheistic and murderous dictatorship (which by the way make the Al Qaeda out to be mere child's play).
Your attempts to removed God from American culture will and must fail. Your efforts to belittle those who recognize that the life-blood of America is none other than the leading and blessing of Almighty God on America will fail.
YOU, and all of your atheistic, agnostic brethren's campaigns and efforts will not be successful in removing God from America.
The MORE you wage your anti-God ware against God, the more you will be defeated. You see, God is God, and there is NOTHING you can do to defeat Him or those who are faithful to him.
Oh, you can kill Christians, outlaw prayer, outlaw the Bible, outlaw the preaching of the Gospel, single out those who publicly speak out against your wicked ways - but you will NEVER be victorious over God.
Many have tried it - ALL have failed.
Which precepts of the Ten Commandments should be LAW in America?
REMOVE GOD FROM AMERICA!
Have you even bothered to read what i posted? if you had you would realize i am absolutely NOT and advocate for removing God from our society or from any aspect of it !
There is NO seperation of church and state in the Constitution and our country was founded on the priciples of the ten commandmennts
You need to take a chill pill and actually read what i posted !
Sorry A_P
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