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Okay, so the Supreme Court is concerning the legality of religious displays on government property.

I personally dont care which way it goes. But I think, that if it's passed, it may go too far - I mean, is it worth defacing the Supreme Court building because there's a sculpture of Moses on it? What about omitting 'God' from the Declaration of Independence.

I'm all for separation of church and state but sometimes it goes way too far.

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Personally I'd rather see them stay in there, but that's just me.

Your just worried because you have a feeling it'll be a slippery slope, but put your worries to rest, since there are two sides to every issue and both viewed equally in this great nation of ours, that type of thing, if it does happen, will take course over many years.

Once again, my own personal opinion, is that removing them from a courtroom in physical form is rather futile as the concepts of which are woven into the very fabric of our society.

At the end of the day it's all about what side can flex the most political muscle over the most trival of issues, as is often the case.

Hopefully this thread will continue to be a thoughtfully wrote out one and not a match for the flamers.

Originally posted by Super-power
Okay, so the Supreme Court is concerning the legality of religious displays on government property.

I personally dont care which way it goes. But I think, that if it's passed, it may go too far - I mean, is it worth defacing the Supreme Court building because there's a sculpture of Moses on it? What about omitting 'God' from the Declaration of Independence.

I'm all for separation of church and state but sometimes it goes way too far.

These cases are mostly started by either the ACLU or paranoid Atheists.
Personally I feel the Ten Commandments are some of the worlds first writen laws, and they have more than a religious significance.

I mean, is it worth defacing the Supreme Court building because there's a sculpture of Moses on it? What about omitting 'God' from the Declaration of Independence.


The SC building is a common misrepresentation of the argument. The Supreme Court frieze depicts Moses and the tablets as well as 17 other figures including Hammurabi, Confucius, Napoleon and Chief Justice John Marshall. Because it includes secular figures in a way that doesn't endorse religion.

And the Dec doesn't endorse Christianity.

"The law's of nature and natures god"
Their creator versus the creator

These cases are mostly started by either the ACLU or paranoid Atheists.
Personally I feel the Ten Commandments are some of the worlds first writen laws, and they have more than a religious significance.
First written laws? What about the laws written by tons of other societies. AND the ten commandments are NEVER displayed in such a manner as their religious significance is not being emphasised, and if they did, we wouldn't hear about it because its being displayed PROPERLY not as a thinly veiled assertion of Christian superiority. When was the last time the Jews went strutting around parading off the ten commandments? Never is the answer, its all fundamentalist Christians

These cases are mostly started by either the ACLU or paranoid Atheists.
Personally I feel the Ten Commandments are some of the worlds first writen laws, and they have more than a religious significance.
They have no bearing on US law. Because of that they are simply a religious display. Public money has no business funding religious displays.