In a message dated 7/13/07 9:53:20 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Portraits and carvings in the > Capital, Supreme Court and National Achieves depict religious services, and > events as well as Moses and the Ten Commandments, repeatedly. I thought the purpose of these was to remind us of how far we have come. Sort of like a museum piece -- showing old model Ts and then the Apollo capsules. Showing Moses and the tablets, says to me: "Hey, we used to be so dogmatic and superstitious, and prone to wild tales told by priests and "leaders" as to believe god wrote laws on stone tablets with lightening while some guy named moses held on to them (I hope he had rubber gloves on). And curiously, the tablets disappeared, but the "beleivers" KNOW what was on them -- and tell US what god REALLY said. Whew -- we HAVE come a long ways from those dark days. While the current system is not perfect, people use their natural talents (god given?) to think for themselves, and rationally carve out an ethical system of laws and justice." And the purpose of opening the day with prayer in Congress is to.....? ************************************** Get a sneak peak of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour
