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:) Faisal Imtiaz Snappy Internet & Telecom 7266 SW 48 Street Miami, FL 33155 Tel: 305 663 5518 x 232 Help-desk: (305)663-5518 Option 2 or Email: [email protected] > From: "Chuck McCown" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2016 3:41:30 PM > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT - trolling again > In the news today there was a piece about a large steel pentagram erected by a > nativity in some public place. > Then the good ol boys hooked a chain to it and dragged it around a bit. > I was somewhat befuzzled that the local atheist felt compelled to erect the > pentagram in the first place. > From: Ken Hohhof > Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2016 1:06 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT - trolling again > Maybe history? > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilgrim_Fathers > Actually, do you run into these atheists and others so unhappy about Jesus > displays on a daily basis in real life? I don’t. Maybe it’s a Utah thing. Or a > social media amplification thing. > Personally, what I’m sick of is the whole Santa thing. At least the Black > Friday > mania seems to be burning itself out. Maybe your statue should be of the > almighty dollar, since that’s what we really worship. > And having once lived in a country with an official religion (Roman > Catholicism), I can empathize (a little bit) with people who don’t want the > government using its power or money to force a certain religion on them. > Getting all bent out of shape about a Nativity scene though is kind of crazy. > But that judge with the 10 Commandments at the courthouse I think was out of > line, how is that different than “Shariah Law”? Civil courts should use civil > law. If you want to be judged under religious law, go to church (the church of > your choice). > Even Jesus spoke about separation of church and state: > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Render_unto_Caesar > From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Chuck McCown > Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2016 12:52 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [AFMUG] OT - trolling again > We have days on the calendar about people. > Presidents day used to be Wash’n and Linc’n bdays. > MLK day. > Casmir Pulaski day. > Columbus day. > So, why are the atheists and others so unhappy about displays on public > property > about Jesus. > I doubt anyone in Illinios would get unhappy if the local park had a > Lincoln-Douglas plaque... actually Quincy had exactly that. > Public displays frequently celebrate or inform about events in history. > Our legal system has its basis in the bible, with some of the legal doctrine > based on the advise of Jesus. > He lived. He taught. He gave advice. It affected history. Just like MLK. > But on MLK day do the pentagram sculptures try to share space with MLK events? > I don’t get why the Jesus events on public property are such an insult or > affront to some people.
