An old military buddy immersed in the Calvary Chapel brand of fundagelicalism sent me that link believing I would find it "interesting.' That is not the word I would use.

Great replies all, but I'm sorry to conjure up any anxiety!

Saddest part about it these idiots don't even know about the other commandments, like thou shalt not boil a baby goat in its mothers milk.
Also; how anti-American and ridiculous the "ten" are.

I read the article through. Note that it is in CBN, which is a Christian medium, advocating for "The Christian Perspective." It is quite biased, and not very reasonable.

What really matters is how the First Amendment has been interpreted in the Supreme Court. According to US law, the government is prohibited from even suggesting any certain religion, or even religion in general. The Ten Commands, or manger scenes, or crosses, etc., must not be displayed publicly in government buildings or on government property. Nothing religious should be displayed on government property. Our current law is the government must be NEUTRAL concerning gods and religions.

I look forward to the day when this neutrality is practiced completely. We need to remove "under God" from the pledge of allegiance. We need to remove "In God we trust" from our currency. The government must serve all citizens equally, and not cause them to fear a bias toward theism.

Too toxic to read all of it. Here is some of my thoughts.

"Christian historian Rev. Eddie Hyatt, the author of Pilgrims & Patriots, explained, "Church and state were merged together, and the church used the power of the state to enforce its doctrines and practices." "

• "the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion." - Treaty of Tripoli. It was ratified by the United States Senate unanimously without debate on June 7, 1797, taking effect June 10, 1797, with the signature of President John Adams.

U N A N I M O U S L Y ratified and signed by the president.

"Barton said school administrators, lawyers and judges were suddenly making rulings that said, " 'You can't let a kid pray over their lunch.'" "

• Bullshit. There is no law against praying in school. It is merely illegal for teachers to force kids to pray and persecute those who do not.

" As he put it, "When you're God-conscious, you realize, 'you know, I'm going to have to answer to Him for what I do,' and it limits your bad behavior. What happens when you become a religion-hostile nation, government gets big. If you've got a big God, you've got a small government. Because self-control is what you need." "

• Bwaahahahaaa!
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Nah, I couldn't get through it either.