--- In [email protected], "do.rflex" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], MDixon6569@ wrote: > > > > > > In a message dated 7/12/07 4:52:47 P.M. Central Daylight Time, > > do.rflex@ writes: > > > > They are right. Read Deuteronomy and you will see the basis of our > > > legal/moral system. > > > > Horseshit. > > > > > > > > Bwahahahahahaah! Is that the best you have? Try reading it, then > read this > > link _RE-TAKING AMERICA - The Christian Founding of The United States_ > > (http://www.retakingamerica.com/great_america_nation_001.html) The > Supreme Court > > as well as other government buildings are covered with pictures and > carvings > > of Moses and the Ten Commandments, not Vyasa and the Gita or > Mohammed and > > the Koran. > > > Well, let's see: > > You don't need to be a constitutional scholar or have a doctorate in > history to debunk the claim you just need to look at the > Commandments themselves. If the "basis" of our laws "originated" from > the Decalogue, it'd be pretty obvious we could look at the Ten > Commandments and see how similar they are to our legal traditions. > > The reality, of course, is that the opposite happens. > > * The Commandments say people shall not worship false gods. Any laws > against this? Strike one. > > * The Commandments say people shall not make graven images. Any laws > against this? Strike two. > > * The Commandments say people shall not take the name of the Lord in > vain. Any laws against this? Strike three. > > * The Commandments say people must honor a Sabbath day. Any laws > mandating this? Strike four. > > * The Commandments say people must honor their parents. Any laws > mandating this? Strike five.
Whether the founding fathers were christians or hindus is not relevant. You don't look at the walls of buildings to determine the founding fathers' views of gov't and religion, you read the constitution and bill of rights which makes it perfectly clear that they intended this country to be a haven for freedom of religious practice. But it does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg. -- Thomas Jefferson
