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Mon Jun-27-05 09:54 AM
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Today's a pretty good day to be an atheist |
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Mon Jun-27-05 09:55 AM
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Mon Jun-27-05 09:56 AM
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Mon Jun-27-05 09:57 AM
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9. You know I'm on your side |
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I'm just waiting for other comments...should be interesting.
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Mon Jun-27-05 09:55 AM
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Mon Jun-27-05 09:56 AM
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5. Ten Commandments thingy |
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Mon Jun-27-05 10:02 AM
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Mon Jun-27-05 09:57 AM
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8. SCOTUS ruled hanging the ten commandments in Kentucky courtrooms |
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was an unconsitutional violation of the establishment clause.
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Mon Jun-27-05 10:02 AM
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16. ooh. I need to watch the news. thanks! |
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Mon Jun-27-05 09:56 AM
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Praise be the Constitution!
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Mon Jun-27-05 09:57 AM
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They also ruled that it is OKAY to display the Ten Commandments on the grounds of the Texas Statehouse. Split decision. Just in.
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Mon Jun-27-05 09:59 AM
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13. Yeah, the issue is far from settled. |
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Apparently it's OK when the 10 Cs are included in "historical context" which is a cop-out to me. Green light given to other courthouses to put a tiny picture of the Magna Carta or some such thing next to their decalogue plaque to justify it.
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Mon Jun-27-05 10:00 AM
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14. Well, it will give the whackjobs something to rally around |
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I have to think positive.
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Mon Jun-27-05 09:58 AM
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10. Every day's a good day to be an atheist. |
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And today is certainly no exception.
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Mon Jun-27-05 09:59 AM
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11. It's also a great day for Hindus, Buddhists, Shintoists, Taoists, |
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Edited on Mon Jun-27-05 09:59 AM by Warpy
animists, Wiccans, and practitioners of the hundreds of Native American religions in this country.
I certainly wouldn't expect justice if the door to the courtroom featured some monument telling me that anything outside the Judeo/Christian/Islamic religion was cursed.
It's those first three commandments, folks, that make the whole thing inappropriate for a country that prides itself on religious tolerance.
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Mon Jun-27-05 10:02 AM
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Mon Jun-27-05 10:11 AM
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what are the first three?
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Mon Jun-27-05 10:12 AM
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28. Pretty much a good day for everyone BUT the freepers then! |
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Mon Jun-27-05 09:59 AM
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12. Damned activist judges |
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This is a God fearin' nation, dontcha know.
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Mon Jun-27-05 10:00 AM
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15. We atheists know about god fearing. |
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Mon Jun-27-05 10:04 AM
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20. God doesn't scare me. It's his underlings that creep me out. |
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Mon Jun-27-05 10:06 AM
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22. Please god, protect me from your followers! |
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Mon Jun-27-05 10:08 AM
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25. Hey, for something that doesn't exist, |
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god's got a lot of clout!
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Mon Jun-27-05 10:14 AM
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29. Yeah, I need to hire whatever PR firm thinks they work for him. |
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Mon Jun-27-05 10:02 AM
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17. Shit yeah! I wake up everyday glad to be religion-free. |
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I mean, who really enjoys having that cosmic leash around their neck?
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Mon Jun-27-05 10:05 AM
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21. It is also a good day to be a Christian |
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if you are one of the Christians who doesn't want to see a religion of peace and love contaminated by politics.
The display of the Ten Commandments and prayer in schools is ultimately a bigger threat to Christianity than to anything else because it fosters resentment and loathing. It doesn't make people love Christ to coerce them into praying at a high school football game.
And it debases Christianity to have people chanting a government-approved prayer.
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Mon Jun-27-05 10:11 AM
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The separation of church and state benefits both parties.
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Mon Jun-27-05 10:06 AM
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23. the ten commandments, like the geneva convention, is quaint & antiquated |
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Mon Jun-27-05 10:08 AM
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24. i was thinking just this morning. in a mere two three years, bush |
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and the fundies have pushed me right out of religion. i use to embrace the beauty, grace, lite of the religion. not being group think, i could never participate in, we would honor the jesus in house. the story. yet, with fundamentalists, literalists.....they have totally isolated me from religion
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Mon Jun-27-05 10:17 AM
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30. I hope its a good day to be a Christian too.. |
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Many of the flock are leaving the religion with more and more numbers dropping the church, everyday. These laws in place to protect religion will some day be appreciated by the soon to be Christian minority.
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Mon Jun-27-05 10:19 AM
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31. With any luck, yes they will |
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