why is it that no one seems to notice that when there is a court ruling about religious things?

Question

such as the ten commandments outside a court house and the govt. has it removed that that is going against the constitution and religious persecution. when the State has it removed then they are persecuting Christians (an overwelming majority of the nation). When a judge has something outside his court or whatever govt. institution then that is his beleive, not the govt's.

timthinks
you are looking at this the wrong way the separation of church and state should stop the govt from taking sides against or for religion, thus stopping them from removing (govt. getting involved with relgous matters) any religouse pieces. It does not matter if our govt was or was not founded on religion. People came here to get away from kings telling them they can't practice how they feel. And i am not just talking about chritianity but any modern day persecution of any religion.

Answer 1

no one cares enough

Answer 2

This country was was founded by people who wanted to go some place where the gov could not tell how to worship.
Its not just Christians that are being "persecuted" . Its all religions. You never see Hindu, Jewish, Islamic or even Cabala phrases or symbols in a court room, so why should the Christians get to?
And if Christianity is the overwhelming majority of the nation, then why does it act so weak?
" OH NO! we have to have prayer in school , we have to religion taught in science, we have to have the Ten Commandment in court." whats being done wrong in the home and in church, that its just to intrude into everything in country where one religion is no better or worse than any other?
This is why our great country has survived though modern times, remember more than any other reason, wars (Territorial and civil) were fought over religion.

Answer 3

I noticed.
Jay Sekulow noticed.

You would destroy my freedom?

What if a gay judge put up an egalitarian plaque?

How do you feel about public buildings being blessed by native shamans?

What if Utah made Mormonism the state religion?

What if I taught your children the practices of Santeria in the classroom?


The religious persecution is executed by the agents of the state promoting a certain religion. This judge should be fined and deposed.

'Appeal to the majority' is a classic fallacy.

"When a judge has something outside his court or whatever govt. institution then that is his beleive, not the govt's."

If it is his belief then he should keep it on his property, and not on state property.

So we should fly the christian flag over our public schools?

Shall we re-institute your christian 'Trial by Ordeal'? The 'auto-da-fe'?

Why is it that christians want to take credit for all the good they collectively do, but ignore all the horrible wrongs?

Answer 4

You say that not getting involved means not taking steps to remove a government-sponsored religious display.

That's like saying you're not choosing sides on whether a house should burn down, because after you set the fire you just stood back and watched.

If the government puts for the religious display in the first place, it is promoting religion. That's really a pretty simple concept. Just like if I put a "Vote for Snoopy" banner on my house, I'm advocating that you vote for Snoopy. If I then refuse to take down that banner, I'm not being neutral. I'm continuing to show my support for that one particular candidate/viewpoint.

A judge or governor or senator is perfectly free to place the Ten Commandments or any other religious display on his home. He can rent property and build a church or monument. He can take out full-page ads in every major newspaper. As a private citizen.

But when the Court or City Hall or State House, as a government entity, puts a religious monument on display, they are saying, as an arm of the government, that we approve of and sponsor those religious beliefs. That's the difference.Nothing is stopping private individuals from speaking out in support of religion.

But when the government speaks outs in support of religion (or in direct opposition to religion), that's a violation of the Establishment and Free Exercise clauses. And a judge or mayor or state assembly that enacts a purely religious monument on government grounds, using government money in either the construction or maintenance, is using their government office to promote religion. And because in that situation they are acting as an agent of the government, that means it is effectively the government doing the promotion. And that's not allowed.

Answer 5

Persecuting Christians by removing the ten commandments from outside a courthouse?
Are you mad?
Back in the days when you people got thrown to the Lions; now THAT was persecution.
Very entertaining, but persecution nontheless.

Answer 6

Read the Declaration of Independence, then read the First Amendment to the Bill of Rights of the U.S. Constitution, then cogitate on your findings, and then you will discover that there is to be seperation between church and state.

The prominent display of the Christian version of moral ideals in a government building, as was recently done, is a violation of this principle because this act was intended (and can expect to be viewed) as an attempt by a government official to place the Christian religious system above the many thousands of others in this country.

Please further note that this country's government was not founded as a Christian one, rather it was founded on the moral ideas known as natural rights (called 'human rights' these days).


If you have any doubt about that, I offer you six bits of evidence:
1) The Christian 'ten commandments' are not listed, or referred to, anywhere in the Declaration of Independence or in the Bill of Rights

2) Neither is the divinity of Jesus

3) nor is the bible

4) Several of the 'founding fathers' did not believe in the divinity of Jesus: including Ben Franklin, Thomas Payne, and Thomas Jefferson

5) God is referred to in the Declaration of Independence as "Nature's God". This is a reference to the deist idea of god, which is not the same as the Christian idea of god.

6) A quote from Thomas Jefferson:
"In every country and in every age, the priest has been hostile to liberty. He is always in alliance with the despot, abetting his abuses in return for protection to his own."
-Thomas Jefferson, letter to Horatio G. Spafford, March 17, 1814
http://www.nobeliefs.com/jefferson.htm


take care
:-)

Answer 7

last thing we want is a religious clash in america .
certain foreigin religions have practices that are not tolerated in america , if u put one religion over the other it becomes madness and upheavel so when it happens every body just hangs thier head and walks away

Answer 8

I think it is because we live in the end days, and Christians are busy filling up their vase with new wine, and the rest are too c consumed with their sins of choice.

Answer 9

Its because our lovely (used tongue in cheek) wants nothing to do with God therefore they do not report on it. I believe they feel if they cover christianity than they will be painted as conservatives... which they are far from.

Answer 10

I have often wondered the same.