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"Gregory Gadow" |
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28 Jun 2005 12:13:15 PM |
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Supreme Cout: "Not in schools, either." |
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court, a day after sending a mixed message
about the constitutionality of religious displays on public property,
let stand several lower court rulings outlawing these exhibits on school
grounds and in courtrooms.
Without comment, justices declined Tuesday to review four cases
involving displays in Kentucky and Ohio. A fifth appeal, involving a
ruling that barred a South Carolina town council from opening its
meetings with a prayer invoking the name of Jesus Christ, also was
rejected.
The move came a day after the high court offered a pair of 5-4 rulings
amounting to a split verdict on the permissibility of Ten Commandments
displays, striking down framed copies in two Kentucky courthouses but
upholding a 6-foot granite monument on a 22-acre lot surrounding the
Texas Capitol.
The news continues at
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050628/ap_on_go_su_co/scotus_ten_commandments
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Gregory Gadow
techbear@serv.net
http://www.serv.net/~techbear
"It is necessary to the happiness of man that he be mentally faithful
to himself. Infidelity does not consist in believing, or in
disbelieving;
it consists in professing to believe what one does not believe. It is
impossible to calculate the moral mischief, if I may so express it, that
mental lying has produced in society. When man has so far corrupted and
prostituted the chastity of his mind, as to subscribe his professional
belief to things he does not believe, he has prepared himself for the
commission of every other crime." - Thomas Paine, "The Age of Reason"
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| User: "JohnN" |
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| Title: Re: Supreme Cout: "Not in schools, either." |
28 Jun 2005 01:13:11 PM |
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I don't have a count but I bet there are more churches in America than
courthouses. So why do Christians insist on having more religious
exposure thatn they already have?
There must be more schools than churches, but why do Christians need
the American governments to enforce their faith? Does God really need
people with guns forcing children to pray?
JohnN
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| User: "Denis Loubet" |
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| Title: Re: Supreme Cout: "Not in schools, either." |
28 Jun 2005 03:08:36 PM |
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"JohnN" <jnorris53@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1119982391.899418.189450@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
I don't have a count but I bet there are more churches in America than
courthouses. So why do Christians insist on having more religious
exposure thatn they already have?
They want to be sure nothing endangers their fragile faith.
There must be more schools than churches, but why do Christians need
the American governments to enforce their faith? Does God really need
people with guns forcing children to pray?
I would seriously question the claim there's more schools than churches. Any
idiot can erect a building, give it a creepy name like "His Final Harvest",
and call it a church. It's not like there's any oversight or regulation.
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Denis Loubet
dloubet@io.com
http://www.io.com/~dloubet
http://www.ashenempires.com
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| User: "Gregory Gadow" |
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| Title: Re: Supreme Cout: "Not in schools, either." |
28 Jun 2005 03:06:25 PM |
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JohnN wrote:
I don't have a count but I bet there are more churches in America than
courthouses. So why do Christians insist on having more religious
exposure thatn they already have?
There must be more schools than churches, but why do Christians need
the American governments to enforce their faith?
Because their religion will fall apart into nothingness if it is not
propped up by government fiat, silly ;-p
Does God really need people with guns forcing children to pray?
Yes. The Bible is very clear that a few sinners can bring down the Wrath
of God on a whole country and destroy everyone therein, good and wicked
alike. They aren't using guns to force children to pray; they are using
their God Given Resources to insure the safety and well-being of these
Christian United States. Obviously.
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Gregory Gadow
techbear@serv.net
http://www.serv.net/~techbear
"It is necessary to the happiness of man that he be mentally faithful
to himself. Infidelity does not consist in believing, or in disbelieving;
it consists in professing to believe what one does not believe. It is
impossible to calculate the moral mischief, if I may so express it, that
mental lying has produced in society. When man has so far corrupted and
prostituted the chastity of his mind, as to subscribe his professional
belief to things he does not believe, he has prepared himself for the
commission of every other crime." - Thomas Paine, "The Age of Reason"
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| User: "Ben Goren" |
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| Title: Re: Supreme Cout: "Not in schools, either." |
28 Jun 2005 01:27:41 PM |
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JohnN wrote:
There must be more schools than churches, but why do Christians
need the American governments to enforce their faith? Does God
really need people with guns forcing children to pray?
God certainly doesn't need it. But the Church does; how else is it
to maintain power based upon a lie?
Cheers,
b&
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BAAWA Knight of Blasphemy
God can never prove that this sentence is true.
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| User: "leo" |
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| Title: Re: Supreme Cout: "Not in schools, either." |
28 Jun 2005 02:30:07 PM |
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Ben Goren ha escrito:
JohnN wrote:
There must be more schools than churches, but why do Christians
need the American governments to enforce their faith? Does God
really need people with guns forcing children to pray?
God certainly doesn't need it. But the Church does; how else is it
to maintain power based upon a lie?
Cheers,
if god existed there woul not be any need to enforce a faith a god.
Everybody would have know it there would not be any need to enforce
anythin on the people.
leo
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| User: "stoney" |
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| Title: Re: Supreme Cout: "Not in schools, either." |
04 Jul 2005 05:53:29 PM |
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On 28 Jun 2005 11:13:11 -0700, "JohnN" <jnorris53@hotmail.com> wrote:
I don't have a count but I bet there are more churches in America than
courthouses. So why do Christians insist on having more religious
exposure thatn they already have?
There must be more schools than churches, but why do Christians need
the American governments to enforce their faith? Does God really need
people with guns forcing children to pray?
Clergy does as it provides prophet$ and children to molest.
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Contempt of Congress meter reading-offscale.
Hello, theocracy with a fundamentalist US Supreme
Court who will ensure church and state are joined
at the hip like clergy and altar boys.
America 1776-Jan 2001 RIP
"As democracy is perfected, the office of president
represents, more and more closely, the inner soul
of the people. On some great and glorious day the
plain folks of the land will reach their heart's
desire at last and the White House will be adorned
by a downright moron." --- H.L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
Religion is the original war crime.
-Michelle Malkin (Feb 26, 2005)
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| User: "johac" |
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| Title: Re: Supreme Cout: "Not in schools, either." |
29 Jun 2005 01:11:55 AM |
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In article <42C1852B.EA60BCCB@serv.net>,
Gregory Gadow <techbear@serv.net> wrote:
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court, a day after sending a mixed message
about the constitutionality of religious displays on public property,
let stand several lower court rulings outlawing these exhibits on school
grounds and in courtrooms.
They got that part right.
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John Hachmann aa #1782
"Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities"
-Voltaire
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| User: "quibbler" |
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| Title: Re: Supreme Cout: "Not in schools, either." |
28 Jun 2005 06:13:06 PM |
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In article <42C1852B.EA60BCCB@serv.net>, says...
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court, a day after sending a mixed message
about the constitutionality of religious displays on public property,
let stand several lower court rulings outlawing these exhibits on school
grounds and in courtrooms.
Ol' Yahweh got his holy ***** stomped again. Sweet!
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"Faith, indeed, has up to the present not been
able to move real mountains ... But it can put
mountains where there are none." -- Nietzsche
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