http://friendlyatheist.com/2006/12/01/another-ten-commandments-monument/ Atheism with Positivity Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:18:44 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://friendlyatheist.com/2006/12/01/another-ten-commandments-monument/comment-page-1/#comment-1274 txatheist Fri, 01 Dec 2006 20:36:26 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/2006/12/01/another-ten-commandments-monument/#comment-1274 Shana, From everything I've seen that lack of distinction for separation of church and state comes from this mindset. The Founding Fathers were Christian and they intended Christian ideas in public to be ok and/or the separation of church and state is not in the Constitution and "activist" judges are making false rulings asking for the separation of church and state. Shana,
From everything I’ve seen that lack of distinction for separation of church and state comes from this mindset. The Founding Fathers were Christian and they intended Christian ideas in public to be ok and/or the separation of church and state is not in the Constitution and “activist” judges are making false rulings asking for the separation of church and state.

]]> http://friendlyatheist.com/2006/12/01/another-ten-commandments-monument/comment-page-1/#comment-1272 Shana Fri, 01 Dec 2006 20:11:15 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/2006/12/01/another-ten-commandments-monument/#comment-1272 Oh man I can't stand Hannity...talk about media coverage from a biased viewpoint. Grr. I find it so unbelievable when people like that county attorney say 'Our community upholds these beliefs' and 'we all live by these beliefs'. Surely he hasn't spoken with every single person living in that county and confirmed that - it's such a generalization. More importantly however is the distinction that a government facility should not support one specific set of religious beliefs over any other, or lack therof. Why is this so hard for some people to see? I hear people saying often that they DO believe in the separation of church & state, but when it comes to Christianity for some reason it doesn't seem to apply. Oh man I can’t stand Hannity…talk about media coverage from a biased viewpoint. Grr. I find it so unbelievable when people like that county attorney say ‘Our community upholds these beliefs’ and ‘we all live by these beliefs’. Surely he hasn’t spoken with every single person living in that county and confirmed that – it’s such a generalization. More importantly however is the distinction that a government facility should not support one specific set of religious beliefs over any other, or lack therof. Why is this so hard for some people to see? I hear people saying often that they DO believe in the separation of church & state, but when it comes to Christianity for some reason it doesn’t seem to apply.

]]> http://friendlyatheist.com/2006/12/01/another-ten-commandments-monument/comment-page-1/#comment-1260 txatheist Fri, 01 Dec 2006 15:20:33 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/2006/12/01/another-ten-commandments-monument/#comment-1260 The TX case is bogus. There are other historical documents on the capitol grounds. However, they are historically based on events. Statues of Confederate soldiers and the like actually contributed to Texas history. If you want the 10 C monument on the TX grounds then the Treaty of Tripoli should be there too. "The US is not in any sense founded on the Christian religion..." And put up a huge statue of Abe Lincoln, the man who defeated General Lee. That ain't going to happen, too much southern pride for that to occur. The TX case is bogus. There are other historical documents on the capitol grounds. However, they are historically based on events. Statues of Confederate soldiers and the like actually contributed to Texas history. If you want the 10 C monument on the TX grounds then the Treaty of Tripoli should be there too. “The US is not in any sense founded on the Christian religion…” And put up a huge statue of Abe Lincoln, the man who defeated General Lee. That ain’t going to happen, too much southern pride for that to occur.

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