--- In [email protected], "boo_lives" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "do.rflex" <do.rflex@> 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.
Yes, but not limited to 'Christian' 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
