The invocation of idolatrous gods is inherently offensive to members of the Judeo-Christian majority of the United States. The Second Commandment states, "You shall not make for yourselves and idol." Therefore, we should let our senators know that while we defend the right of others to practice their religions, we do not accept the imposition of minority religious practices upon us and our elected representatives.
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we do not accept the imposition of minority religious practices upon us and our elected representatives.
Move to England - they have a Christian state religion. We decided against that 220 years ago and wrote it into our Constitution.
How the hell are we supposed to keep straight which fairies-in-the-sky are the "real" gods, and which are the "fake?" Could someone, please, help me here?
Does the second commandment include that particular grammatical error? Because that would make it even more nonsensical than it already is.
Learn to proofread or GTFO.
Also, to avoid being seen as merely nitpicky, I'm going to say that the majority's religious practices shouldn't be imposed on us or our elected representatives, either. Why don't we just get rid of that whole pre-meeting prayer thing and have done with it?
Oh wait, that'll never happen. This Congress is too spineless. (And I had such high hopes for you, Ms. Pelosi!)
The invocation of any gods, including the Christian God, is offensive to members of the thinking minority in the U.S..
The Commandments, which ever version you choose, are irrelevant to reasonable, thinking persons. We already know that stealing, lying and murdering are bad and we have actual laws against them. The first 4 commandments are simply to feed the imaginary ego of your imaginary God.
You should let your elected representatives know that you support programs to aid people in actual need and to reduce violence here and abroad. Get your nose out of them Bible and look around, DH.
Actually, the Second Commandment states: A well organized militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to bear arms shall not be infringed.
Wait, that's the Second Ammendment? To the Constitution?
Oh, you mean that document that the United States was actually founded on. The one that provides for free exercise of religion and free speach and all that crap, huh?
Non-contradiction award?. Man, if somebody is offended for the mere fact of allowing other people practice their religion, you have a problem, a problem which is inherently connected with the definition of the word "imposing".
"Therefore, we should let our senators know that while we defend the right of others to practice their religions, we do not accept the imposition of minority religious practices upon us and our elected representatives."
Wouldn't it be a good idea to tell the very small number of Fundementalist Baptists and Evangelists to shut up then?
Oh wait, you meant "we do not accept the imposition of other minority religious practices upon us and our elected representatives." My mistake.
What amuses me is the word Judeo- Christian. Jews are a tiny minority in the US, yet people like Haddon appear to believe that claiming to speak for them too gives their demands greater weight. Nobody who doesn't care what the Christian majority thinks about anything is going to be moved by what the slightly larger Judeo-Christian majority thinks.
Too bad nobody's forcing religious practices on others except you guys, huh DH?
By the way, those "minority religions" have just as many rights as you do. Ever hear of something called "tyranny of the majority"? Yea, the Constitution is in place to prevent that.
agentCDE wrote:
"First Amendment > Second Commandment."
we do not accept the imposition of minority religious practices upon us and our elected representatives."
Ummmm... that would be against the 1st commandment, not the 2nd. And speaking of the 2nd Commandment, all those nice pictures of Jesus and God as an old white guy would be violations of that Commandment.
and they no doubt find your beliefs to be offensive.
Also, prayer in the Senate of any kind is unconstitutional. Even I know that and I'm Canadian.
"You shall not make for yourselves an idol"
Something you lot do all the time, the American Eagle and Uncle Sam symbolism, your fanatical following of certain preachers and politicians, various symbols of your faith and the church itself.
"You shall not make for yourselves an idol"
See, that right there is a religious edict, not a law, in America you can build any damn idol that you can imagine, worship anything like Elvis or a Coyote BY LAW. What you can't do is slap religious edicts on the walls of Goverment, Law or public institutions, you also can't demand they exclude all others and give your religion special treatment and authority.
Confused?
So were we! You can find all of this, and more, on Fundies Say the Darndest Things!
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