From: "Gary Wiltshire" 

On Fri, 17 Mar 2006 10:23:00 -0500, Adam  wrote:

> Gary Britt wrote:
>> These comments you two are fawning all over are quite simplistic and
>> amount
>> to nice sounding superficial rubbish.
>>  The fact that religious principles inform, have informed, and certainly
>> informed the codes of behavior and morality that is embodied in our
>> constitution and other founding documents is without question.  The
>> morality
>> embodied in our criminal code to this day (and even more so when the
>> constitution was written) come extensively from our common religious
>> codes
>> of behavior.
>>  The constitution does not provide for the separation of government
>> institutions from our history and cultural heritage which includes our
>> common general religious codes of behavior.  Any thinking person who
>> tries
>> to deny this is either so woefully uninformed as to challenge the
>> initial
>> premise about being a thinking person or, as is more likely the case, a
>> disingenuous liar.  Cute sound bites do not change our history and
>> culture,
>> as much as some atheists and elitist snobs might like to pretend
>> otherwise.
>>
>
> Lot's of room there for Hindu, animist, Buddhist etc Americans.
>
> Adam
>
>> Gary
>>  "Monte Davis"  wrote in message
>> news:aafk121f8s5et1932e5439a9n71nbg4aa5{at}4ax.com...
>>> Bill Lucy  wrote:
>>>
>>>> "you placed
>>>> your hand on the Bible and swore to uphold the Constitution. You did
>>>> not
>>>> place your hand on the Constitution and swear to uphold
the Bible."
>>> I'd seen that, loved it, sent it to my brother to put with a similar
>>> gem of his:
>>>
>>> "I have no problem with the Ten Comnmandments in
government buildings,
>>> long as I can put up the Bill of Rights in all the churches."
>>

We should have readings form the Eddas at the opening of each session of Congress.

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Gary Wiltshire

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