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August 28, 2003
praise monkey

Joi says:

Like I keep saying, all of you "I only have one God, and my God is the best" people seem to be a bit insecure about your God. As Christopher Hitchens says, "The first four of the commandments have little to do with either law or morality, and the first three suggest a terrific insecurity on the part of the person supposedly issuing them."

As we Shintos like to say, you can put your god over there next to our other gods. While you're at it, why don't you get of your high horse and quit defining Good and Evil as Us and Them. ;-p

and Frank Boosman points out this letter to the editor:

Many who support the religious monument in the Alabama Supreme Court building argue that the Ten Commandments are really just basic moral virtues that any civilized society would share. "Thou shalt not murder." "Thou shalt not steal." What could be wrong with that?

What is wrong is that there is more to the Ten Commandments than generic moral common sense. The first commandment says, "Thou shalt have no other gods before me." I do not have a problem with the state telling me not to murder or steal. I do take offense when a cultural elite tries to use the authority of the courts to tell me what god I should worship.

Yahweh is not my god, nor is he the god of millions of other Americans. When a building used by a court of law houses a commandment to worship a specific god, it sends a message that those who do not worship that god do not respect the law.

The monument in Alabama is an affront to patriotic Americans whose love for their country and respect for the rule of law is shaped within spiritual traditions other than the Judeo-Christian one...

Well put.

People, there is no god. Can you imagine what an awesome world it's going to be, and how much bullshit isn't going to be an issue anymore when people wake up and realize that.

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All I can say is, different people think different things, and that doesn't look like it will ever change. But as for me, like the other 100000's I Believe in one God. And That is GOD. Now please stop insulting others religons whom ever is saying such stuff. You aren't very convincing that there is no God by using that dirty mouth of yours. Therefore, I believe NOW more then ever that God is real. How else can you explain that a book, someone wrote thousands of years ago about what's gonna happen in the future near the end,happening? Open the Holy Bible and close your mouth. It's sad when a KID have to tell you that.
God Bless You, And have mercy on you

Posted by: R.S on September 27, 2003 04:04 PM

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