Reply With QuoteI'm a sinner and I have no problem at all with the ruling!
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Federal Judge oks Ten Commandments in front of county courthouse
http://www.tulsaworld.com/BreakingNe...8_Br_abrktencc
Sinners are going to hate this news.
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I'm a sinner and I have no problem at all with the ruling!
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Oh Noes! Now I'm going to have to convert! I mean how can I possibly see the 10 Commandments every day without spontaneous conversion?
Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but rather we have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.
- -- Aristotle
Believe nothing on the faith of traditions, even though they have been held in honor for many generations and in diverse places. Do not believe a thing because many people speak of it. Do not believe on the faith of the sages of the past. Do not believe what you yourself have imagined, persuading yourself that a God inspires you. Believe nothing on the sole authority of your masters and priests. After examination, believe what you yourself have tested and found to be reasonable, and conform your conduct thereto.
- -- The Buddha
It's just a matter of time...Originally Posted by Damocles
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Just so long as it happens before the spontaneous combustion.
Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but rather we have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.
- -- Aristotle
Believe nothing on the faith of traditions, even though they have been held in honor for many generations and in diverse places. Do not believe a thing because many people speak of it. Do not believe on the faith of the sages of the past. Do not believe what you yourself have imagined, persuading yourself that a God inspires you. Believe nothing on the sole authority of your masters and priests. After examination, believe what you yourself have tested and found to be reasonable, and conform your conduct thereto.
- -- The Buddha
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This is fine. Some of the united state's history IS tied to judeo-christian values. It's historical if anything.
Sorry, I meant the spontaneous combustion.
I didn't notice the court case, but I'm sure that was the basis of the ruling.
Doubtless.
Ugly, hateful and ignorant . . . but not particularly effective or alarming. Let the morons have their graven idol.
"A revolution without dancing is a revolution not worth having."
-- V
You've hit the nail on the head. That's why the whole 1st Amendment argument put forth by the ACLU and their ilk is total crap.
"Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand." (Matthew 3:2)
REPENT AMERICA!
Psalm 9:17 Warning:
"The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God."
All these silly lawsuits by the aclu are a waste of time and money. There are a lot more really important things they could be concerning themselves with besides a few religious icons being displayed.
Looking at icons means nothing to me. God and religion are an historical part of this country. they go with the territory. They are not forcing any religion on anyone. Now if they stop me and say I have to worship in front of those icons or I must believe as they do then they are stepping over the line. But that is not being done.
The american communist lawyers union needs to stop their silly shit and start doing what they were formed to do, protect peoples constitution rights.
You get more with a kind word and a two by four than you do with just a kind word.
Excellent! So we're well on our way to that theocracy you're hoping for!
Next stop; outlaw the constitution.
Alright! Well, it's all in a day's work for you America-haters.
Yep some commandments that have been sitting there for decades, get to still sit there, sounds like a real theocratic direction.
It's amazing how the left can get away with the massive LIE about pretending that some tradition that does not change somehow equals "direction".
Do me a favor Darlalaling and take my theocratic quiz?
1. The words "under God" were not challenged to be removed from the pledge until what decade:
A) 1960's
B) 1970's
C) 1980's
D) 1990's
E) The present one
2. Gay marriage has only ever been allowed in America in which period of time:
A) 1800-1900
B) 2000-present
C)1950-2000
D)1900-1950
3. The 10 commandments sat on a courthouse for many decades before finally being removed in which president's term of office?:
A) Bill Clinton
B) Gerald Ford
C) George W Bush
D) George Bush Sr.
4. Which president was a Sunday School teacher, even while in office?
A) George W Bush
B) Ronald Reagan
C) Jimmy Carter
D) Bill Clinton
5. The number of atheists in GW Bush's America is growing?
A) True
B) False
Answer:
1. E - The present decade in 2004:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/...in577944.shtml
2. B - The present decade
3. C - 2003
http://www.cnn.com/2003/LAW/08/27/ten.commandments/
4. C - Jimmy Carter
http://www.ctlibrary.com/ct/1998/mar2/8t3046.html
5. True
http://www.mnatheists.org/beyond.html
Clearly we are moving away from what little religion exists in government. To claim the "religious right" is taking over this country or government is unfounded. In trying to remove some religion from government, yes there are people who object, but to claim their defense of religion somehow constitutes an "attack" on non-believers or that they are "pushing" religion on society is just completely false. It just isn't so.
Last edited by TheDanold; 08-20-2006 at 07:52 PM.
I don't want to see religion in government. But if someone wants to pray in school or under God is in the pledge it makes no difference to me. Its all part of our history. Now if religion is government controled as is islam then i have a problem. The Christian Right is a prime example of what i would not like to see in our government. Leave the traditional stuff alone. And just keep the seperation there.
You get more with a kind word and a two by four than you do with just a kind word.
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Dano and Gaffer are both right, imho, Darla.....
We are not moving towards a theocracy and we never will become one....it is not even possible for us to become one, because those people that do want it are in a minority and because our constitution would prevent it from happening...
We are moving more and more away from religion in this great country of ours....if anything! Just look around....we ain't living in any kind of heavenly atmosphere here on Earth are we? porn, pedophilia, divorce, child slayings,....it's not very pretty out there if you take a good look...God appears to be losing in this stage of the game, if you believe in one....!
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