Um...no It's called the Torah BTW...not the Hebrew Bible..... -----Original Message----- From: Sam [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2010 11:18 AM To: cf-community Subject: Re: Sarah Palin says American law should be based on the ten commandments
They mainly went by the Hebrew Bible because many had issues with the Jesus stories in the New Testament. On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 12:02 PM, Kris Sisk <[email protected]> wrote: > Still not true. The majority of the men who signed the Constitution were either Deists or Humanists. Neither of which is Judeo-Christian. Acknowledging the existance of a higher power that every religion with the exception of a couple founded in the last couple hundred years acknowledges does not make a Judeo-Christian foundation. > > I agree that public prayer should be allowed. Show me how a government official saying a prayer infringes on the rights of an athiest any more than outlawing that prayer infringes on his own rights and I might change my mind. But don't fool yourself into thinking our government evolved from any kind of religious belief. The founding fathers knew that there were some good ideas in the Bible and borrowed them, just like they borrowed some ideas from many other sources. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:317943 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
