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Welcome, Montezuma!
Thanks for your comment. But you have some problems to resolve.
The "YOUR religion" tack doesn't work. The Constitution says that, in essence, government shall not establish a church as the official state religious entity and support it with taxes. Would you be so kind as to explain exactly how displaying the Ten Commandments, which are foundational to not one but two religions as well as to our nation's laws, is the establishment of a state church? No one else has been able to do this that I know of.
Besides that, you have a huge contradiction and are on the brink of another. You contradict yourself wondrously when you first say you are being forced to obey God (and how the mere presence of the Ten Commandments causes that is another point I'll challenge you to explain), then say there is no God. How can you be forced to obey what doesn't exist?
The contradiction you are about to fall into is this: You say that the presence of the Ten Commandments is some sort of imposition on you, as if you cannot look away from them. (Perhaps that's true - is God calling you, Montezuma?) You find them offensive, so you evidently demand that they be removed because you cannot ignore them. I take it, then, that you are amenable to me demanding removal of what offends me, even if it's something you believe in? I know nothing about you, but let's say you have no problem with profanity on prime time TV, and let's say that I do. Does your stance towards the Ten Commandments, the presence of which on public property I find to be entirely appropriate as a reminder of the context in which our country was founded (the religious freedom you cherish) therefore mean that I am right in taking the same stance towards profanity on prime time TV, whcih for sake of argument we'll say you find entirely appropriate? Or will you contradict yourself and use the old excuse that if I don't like it I don't have to watch it? If you choose the latter, then my reply to you is that you then should simply ignore what offends you just as you would counsel me to do. And that advice is exactly what religious freedom is all about.
posted by
WriterofLight
on March 4, 2005 at 6:48 PM
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Why?
Why should the people's government support YOUR religion. This is supposed to be a FREE country, with FREEDOM of religion, yet we have to obey and see YOUR God, on OUR government steps. Your religion is not the only one, it's one of many. You cannot talk about freedom, then force people to believe in your crap.
Besides, there is no God, you believe in The Invisible Man.
posted by
Montezuma
on March 4, 2005 at 4:53 PM
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