I think the idea of a creator who made the world in such a shape that men have dominion over plant and animal and earth, that we are free, and that we have inalienable rights, is central to our form of government.
Atheism/statism/left wing humanist ideals are as incompatible with these beliefs as the extremes of the right. On Apr 4, 2013 2:20 PM, "Larry C. Lyons" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Its a matter of if a shoe fits... > > Lets face it someone insisting that Dinosaurs were on Noah's Arc and that > the world was created just 6000 years ago, and that before the Crucifixion > the world was flat (how else could the Devil have Christ see the 4 corners > of the world), and then insisting that his particular delusions be codified > into law, is not operating on all cylinders. (damn that's an ugly run on > sentence). > > That said I always find this interesting. Whil ereligious sorts claim that > they do not discriminate against unbelievers, they have been able to codify > it in several state constitutions: > > Arkansas, Article 19, Section 1: > No person who denies the being of a God shall hold any office in the civil > departments of this State, nor be competent to testify as a witness in any > Court. > > Maryland, Article 37: > That no religious test ought ever to be required as a qualification for any > office of profit or trust in this State, other than a declaration of belief > in the existence of God; nor shall the Legislature prescribe any other oath > of office than the oath prescribed by this Constitution. > > Mississippi, Article 14, Section 265: > No person who denies the existence of a Supreme Being shall hold any office > in this state. > > North Carolina, Article 6, Section 8 > The following persons shall be disqualified for office: Any person who > shall deny the being of Almighty God. > > South Carolina, Article 17, Section 4: > No person who denies the existence of a Supreme Being shall hold any office > under this Constitution. > > Tennessee, Article 9, Section 2: > No person who denies the being of God, or a future state of rewards and > punishments, shall hold any office in the civil department of this state. > > Texas, Article 1, Section 4: > No religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office, > or public trust, in this State; nor shall any one be excluded from holding > office on account of his religious sentiments, provided he acknowledge the > existence of a Supreme Being. > > ----------------- > US Constitution > Article VI. > Clause 3 > "... but no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any > Office or public Trust under the United States." > Amendment I > "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or > prohibiting the free exercise thereof;" > > U.S. law is based on English common law, which was based on Roman law. Note > that the two concepts in the Constitution that could be called religiously > based are the acceptance of slavery and the treatment of women as second > class citizens. > > The Declaration of Independence mentions Nature's God, not the Christian > God. It is also not the basis for the U.S. government, the Constitution is. > > The U.S. is no more a Christian nation than it is a white nation. > > In 1961, the U.S. Supreme Court reaffirmed that federal law prohibits > states from requiring any kind of religious test to serve in office when it > ruled in favor of a Maryland atheist seeking appointment as a notary > public. > > > > On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 12:50 PM, Jerry Barnes <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > "So not only are they religious nut jobs, but they continue to support > > anachronistic > > and detrimental laws that were abolished centuries ago lol" > > > > Had to throw the 'nut jobs' in didn't you? It demeans your position. > > > > Anyway, last time I checked, the 1960's were not centuries ago. Some of > > these were still on record then. > > > > And to the point of anachronistic and detrimental, why weren't they > deemed > > so when the Constitution was ratified? I can see that argument on > > anachronistic, but what about detrimental? > > > > J > > > > - > > > > Ninety percent of politicians give the other ten percent a bad > reputation. > > - Henry Kissinger > > > > Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, > > go out and buy some more tunnel. - John Quinton > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:362387 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
