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Saturday, March 05, 2005



Ten Reasons Not To Display the Ten Commandments

After avoiding the issue for about as long as possible, the Supreme Court will finally take on public displays of the Ten Commandments. The high court will review two cases this term, one involving a monument on the Texas Capitol grounds and the other a posting of the Ten Commandments in Kentucky courthouses. A decision should be rendered by the end of the term in late June.

While they deliberate, let’s review the Top Ten Reasons why the court should rule against public displays of Scripture.

 

Number Ten. Posting the Ten Commandments endorses Protestant Christianity. Almost all of the displays use the King James Version of the commandments—a Protestant distinctive. Roman Catholics and followers of Judaism use a different translation.

 

Number Nine. Public displays of the Ten Commandments reduce all other religions to second-class status. Not all religions in our country are part of the Judeo-Christian tradition. And since it is still possible to be a citizen of this country without being a Christian, all religions must be treated equally.

 

Number Eight. Displaying the Ten Commandments as a way of trying to improve the social order reinforces a magical view of religion. Proponents say that if we display the Ten Commandments children will behave better in school and our nation will be blessed for acknowledging God. Thinking this way reduces the Ten Commandments down to the level of a lucky rabbit’s foot. The impact of the Ten Commandments comes when they are taught by faithful teachers, not when they are dangling from a keychain.

 

Number Seven. Public displays of Scripture corrupt the true purpose of religious practice. God did not send the Ten Commandments or the Sermon on the Mount in order to “create a more perfect union.” These Scriptures represent an ideal community far more difficult to attain than the mere democracy we struggle with.

 

Number Six. Public displays of Scripture corrupt the true purpose of government. Every time in history the state has acted on behalf of God, blood has flowed in the streets. God may work through the state as God chooses, but that does not mean everything the state does is God’s will. Keeping church and state separate makes it possible for the faith community to remind the state of its temporal limitations as needed.

 

Number Five. Public displays of the Ten Commandments are a form of idolatry. Anytime we treat as ultimate something we have made with our own hands, we are worshipping idols. Even if the words on the monument are God’s, the monument is ours. That’s why one of those commandments warns against graven images.

 

Number Four. Grouping the Ten Commandments with other historical documents distorts the history of all. The United States was established as a secular state not a theocracy. And Moses was not present at the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

 

Number Three. Public displays of religion promote social disorder by setting groups of people against each other. The only way America works is if we guarantee equal freedom for everyone.

 

Number Two. A public display of Scripture trivializes what is supposed to be important and profound. Do we really want our sacred texts treated like soda pop ads?

 

And the number one reason the court should rule against public displays of the Ten Commandments—God wants them written on our hearts, and that’s not going to happen just because they are on display down at the courthouse.



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9:00:53 PM    



 Who Will Be WH Next TOP Fake Reporter

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Now that "reporter" Jeff Gannon, né James Dale Guckert, has resigned from the Talon "news" organization, the White House is going to need another fake reporter to throw softballs at the president! Executive Producer Mark Burnett is currently accepting videotapes, and will select five lucky contestants who will vie for the chance to be the next paid Republican shill, I mean fair and balanced member of the White House press corps! Coming this spring to FOX: Who will be the White House's next Top Fake Reporter?

read the rest of the article and see the possible questions these contestants will use.

Start  working on your resume now!



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1:36:43 AM    



 AN INDUSTRY WITH NO SHAME....I do not like the credit card industry. The revolting travesty of "universal default" is one reason. That they have become obscenely profitable by

transforming themselves into little more than genteel loan sharks preying on the unfortunate is another. And the fact that despite all this they still insist that bankruptcy laws need to be tightened so they can squeeze another few dollars out of their already wretched clients is the final straw:

In Cleveland, for example, a municipal court judge tossed out a case that Discover Bank brought against one of its cardholders after closely examining the woman's credit card bill.

According to court papers, Ruth M. Owens, a 53-year-old disabled woman, paid the company $3,492 over six years on a $1,963 debt only to find that late fees and finance charges had more than doubled the size of her remaining balance to $5,564.

When the company took her to court to collect, she wrote the judge a note saying, "I would like to inform you that I have no money to make payments. I am on Social Security Disability....If my situation was different I would pay. I just don't have it. I'm sorry."

Judge Robert Triozzi ruled that Owens didn't have to pay, saying Owens "has clearly been the victim of (Discover's) unreasonable, unconscionable and unjust business practices."

 The fundies ar all over the Ten Commandments dispute like a cheap suit, but are no where to be found on the issue of the money changers charging usurious rates. Hmmm? I guess they are cafeteria fundies.

 How ironic that Republicans can lecture on personal responsibility for spending when they are responsible for the obscene national debt and borrowing beyond comprehension. When it comes to responsibility for our money, their motto seems to be Charge It! These guys sure have a fat lot of nerve. 

As the new  Bankruptcy Law states  "It's your own damn fault. Take some personal responsibility. You shouldn't have lost your job to outsourcing, you shouldn't be handicapped, you shouldn't have gotten sick, and by God you shouldn't have gotten old!"

Another principle that's been completely abandoned is the notion that the lender should shoulder some responsibility for the credit risks it assumes.  When I was in college it was HARD to get a credit card, even one with a paltry $500 limit. 

  Don't forget a recent Harvard study shows that half of all bankruptcies are caused by medical costs. Despite what industry supporters say, many of these people aren't living high on the hog, they're just trying to stay alive.



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