The Ten Commandments, display or not? |
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 Mar 2 2005, 04:55 PM
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"The US Supreme Court heard arguments on the constitutionality of displaying in public spaces the Ten Commandments, in a case on the officially mandated separation of church and state in US society." Do you agree that the Ten Commandments should be displayed in public spaces? Why or why not?
In my opinion, the Ten Commandments should be displayed in government property to pay tribute to America's religious and legal history. There are three fouths (3/4) of people here in America that are in the religions of Christianity and Judaism that believes in the Ten Commandments and practices this commandment. "These Commandments have an undeniable religious significance, but they also have secular significance as a source of the law, a code of law and a well-recognized historical symbol of the law." Amendment one of the U.S. Bill of Rights clearly says "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion..." However, freedom of Religion depends of freedom from religion. Even though one does not believe in God's existence, they simply can ignore the first, second, third and fourth commandment and simply follow the rest of the commandments which are to respect elders, to forbid murder, to forbid committing adultery, to forbid stealing, to forbid false witness against neighbor, and forbid coveting your neighbor's house (which is really similar to the laws of the United States.) What do you think? |
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Mar 2 2005, 07:37 PM
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QUOTE the first commandment is "thou shalt have no other gods before me". This phrase is one of the reasons why the ten commandments violate separation of church and state. exactly what i was thinking. I DO NOT WANT THEM DISPLAYED! |
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Mar 2 2005, 07:42 PM
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QUOTE(ItzOnlySydney @ Mar 2 2005, 7:37 PM) exactly what i was thinking. I DO NOT WANT THEM DISPLAYED!  why should you be that adamently against it, though? can they not also be considered as moral guidelines? neverminding the one God bit. but you dont actually have to read them. while i dont think its necessarily appropriate for them to be placed publicly, no one is forcing you to read them |
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indeed.
the inclusion of this ocmmandment pro... Mar 2 2005, 06:34 PM OriskybusinessO QUOTE(azn_pnoy_boi @ Mar 2 2005, 1:55 PM) In ... Mar 2 2005, 06:50 PM Frankie i think that we should be able to have them in pub... Mar 2 2005, 07:32 PM OriskybusinessO QUOTE(Frankie @ Mar 2 2005, 4:32 PM)i think t... Mar 2 2005, 07:54 PM redderstarr i'm a christian but i dont think they should. ... Mar 2 2005, 07:36 PM sadolakced acid QUOTE(tweeak @ Mar 2 2005, 6:42 PM)why should... Mar 2 2005, 10:57 PM kryogenix QUOTE(sadolakced acid @ Mar 2 2005, 10:57 PM)... Mar 3 2005, 04:03 PM tweeak QUOTE(sadolakced acid @ Mar 2 2005, 10:57 PM)... Mar 3 2005, 08:19 PM racoons > you Frankie, theres a difference between having them i... Mar 3 2005, 11:55 AM highly_evolved um no.
it would strike up too much controversy b... Mar 3 2005, 05:42 PM sadolakced acid QUOTE(kryogenix @ Mar 3 2005, 3:03 PM)No, God... Mar 3 2005, 06:38 PM OriskybusinessO QUOTEhow is it unfair? those religions didn't ... Mar 3 2005, 07:30 PM sadolakced acid ah... ok.
but they shouldn't be shown in a... Mar 3 2005, 10:57 PM tweeak QUOTE(sadolakced acid @ Mar 3 2005, 10:57 PM)... Mar 4 2005, 05:26 PM MyVermilionPlague I think that they should be displayed.
I personall... Mar 4 2005, 12:06 AM highly_evolved QUOTE(Despise @ Mar 4 2005, 12:06 AM)I think ... Mar 4 2005, 06:43 AM sadolakced acid QUOTE(Despise @ Mar 3 2005, 11:06 PM)I think ... Mar 4 2005, 05:23 PM Teesa QUOTE(sadolakced acid @ Mar 4 2005, 5:23 PM)i... Mar 4 2005, 11:24 PM sadolakced acid please show me proof that the founding fathers we... Mar 5 2005, 10:15 PM racoons > you QUOTEAgain, the reason why the Ten Commandments we... Mar 7 2005, 03:30 PM avalon* i am a christian, and i support the ten commandmen... Mar 22 2005, 08:06 PM BrandonSaunders Yes, people of the Jewish and Christian faiths are... Mar 22 2005, 08:52 PM Spirited Away QUOTE(BrandonSaunders @ Mar 22 2005, 8:52 PM)... Mar 22 2005, 11:57 PM BrandonSaunders QUOTE(uninspiredfae @ Mar 22 2005, 10:57 PM)M... Mar 23 2005, 12:54 AM Spirited Away QUOTE(BrandonSaunders @ Mar 23 2005, 12:54 AM... Mar 23 2005, 01:06 AM BrandonSaunders Just because one Christian is offended, doesn... Mar 23 2005, 01:37 AM Spirited Away Thus I asked for a reason that can justify a Chris... Mar 23 2005, 02:06 AM racoons > you ^^
he cant, because it was a ludicrous thing to s... Mar 23 2005, 12:47 PM Spirited Away QUOTE(MarchHare2UrAlice @ Mar 23 2005, 12:47 ... Mar 23 2005, 02:57 PM sammi rules you god james you cannot type. Mar 23 2005, 04:41 PM dahalfkoreanstyl if i had it my way, the commandments would be disp... Mar 23 2005, 07:33 PM Spirited Away QUOTE(dahalfkoreanstyl @ Mar 23 2005, 7:33 PM... Mar 24 2005, 01:00 AM racoons > you QUOTEgod james you cannot type.
no... i cant
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