by Rev. Michael Bresciani
Islamic Militancy - Next Dark Ages
December 04, 2006 02:00 PM EST
http://www.theconservativevoice.com/article/16628.html
[excerpt]
We teach our collegians well about the period known as the dark ages but do
we thoroughly explain what brought on this horrible period across the
globe? With little fanfare the answer to that question is an unequivocal
no.
Let’s do the math here. The marriage of civil and ecclesiastical power is
without dispute the singular cause of the horrors of the dark ages. When
the authority of the state and the church are wed, people suffer. The
equation goes like this. If I am a Muslim, Christian, Catholic or Jew I may
practice my religion without fear of persecution, reprisal or rejection. I
still must obey civil law but the judicial body won’t besiege me with
charges for the beliefs I hold about God and faith.
When any particular religion becomes the state sanctioned religion then I
can be prosecuted for my lack of compliance. Once Catholicism was the state
sanctioned religion and for one thousand years the Pope ruled across the
globe, with an iron hand. Some say the reformation ended that and some like
to call it the recovery, that is, the recovering of the simple gospel
message and the abandoning of the burgeoning religious rules and mandates
of the church. Is Islam bringing this kind of terror into civilization
again?
In America the idea of the separation of church and state is all that
stands between us and that kind of tyranny. Of course the separation of
church and state is mostly a perception and not actually a law. The law in
America simply states that the congress will not make any laws governing
religion. This is a law we can live with in the most literal sense of the
word. In Islamically ruled nations not believing in the state sponsored
religion can and does cost lives
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You are invited to check out the following:
The Rise of the Theocratic States of America
http://members.tripod.com/~candst/theocracy.htm
American Theocrats - Past and Present
http://members.tripod.com/~candst/theocrats.htm
The Constitutional Principle: Separation of Church and State
http://members.tripod.com/~candst/index.html
[and to join the discussion group for the above site and/or Separation of
Church and State in general, listed below]
HRSepCnS · Hampton Roads [Virginia] SepChurch&State
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HRSepCnS/
[Its not just Hampton Roads folks who are members, there are members from
all over the US and a couple from overseas as well]
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.. . . You can't understand a phrase such as "Congress shall make no law
respecting an establishment of religion" by syllogistic reasoning. Words
take their meaning from social as well as textual contexts, which is why "a
page of history is worth a volume of logic." New York Trust Co. v. Eisner,
256 U.S. 345, 349, 41 S.Ct. 506, 507, 65 L.Ed. 963 (1921) (Holmes, J.).
Sherman v. Community Consol. Dist. 21, 980 F.2d 437, 445 (7th Cir. 1992)
.. . .
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USAF LT. COL (Ret) Buffman (Glen P. Goffin) wrote
"You pilot always into an unknown future;
facts are your only clue. Get the facts!"
That philosophy 'snipit' helped to get me, and my crew, through a good
many combat missions and far too many scary, inflight, emergencies.
It has also played a significant role in helping me to expose the
plethora of radical Christian propaganda and lies that we find at
almost every media turn.
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THE CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLE:
SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE
http://members.tripod.com/~candst/index.html
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