Are you a Godaphobic?

Question

Someone recently asked a question about posting the 10 commandments in schools, in court, or in government buildings. It got me to thinking.

The 10 commandments is a historical document and it is the foundation of all of the laws in the United States. For exmple,

Thou shall not kill translates into you should not commit murder.

Thou shall not covet your neighbors goods translates into you should not steal.

So basically these principles are the foundation of every modern society.

Everyday we are asked to accept homosexuals. If you don't you are called homophobic.

Why can't a historical document, which is the foundation of our legal system, be posted in these buildings? Are you Godaphobic?

For all of you seperation of church and state fanatics. The constitution reads -

CONGRESS shall make no law ESTABLISHING a state religion.

This is the most misinterpreted phrase in the constitution. This phrase goes back to England when Henry VII forced conversions from any religion to the Church of England.

For you people asking me to read the bible. I have read and studied the bible more than most people. Product of a religious family and religious schools. So practice what you preach.

I agree that some of the 10 commandments have the word God in them. But why are you so afraid of the word?

Answer 1

GREAT QUESTION!

I believe that you have stumbled on something. Aethiests ARE DEFINATELY Godaphobic. They are loud, and civil rights rapists such as the ACLU use the feelings of the few to take away the rights of the many because they enjoy nothing more than to claim that they are protecting rights (which do not exist) while stripping away rights of the majority. Spelled out with your example.

They claim that they are protecting the Constitution, separation of Church and State, which does not exist anywhere in the Constituion). In reality, they are protecting the rights of the minority to complain, or to not be offended (which also does not exist)

What they are TRULY doing is taking away the free exercise of religion which DOES exist in the first amendment.


As to you Katydid, the Koran IS FORCED education in many schools in this country where the BIBLE is banned. It is a disgusting double standard because the ACLU does not hate religion, but despises Christianity.


And 2 comments to "globalwarmingisreal"

1. Thou shalt not commit adultry should not be in front of kids????? WHY THE HECK NOT!!! Perhaps if they are exposed to a good idea from time to time rather than what the movies portray, it would be good for them!

2. You are right...global warming is real. It is called a cycle and has nothing to do with humans, though. The earth has been warmer many times before the industrialization of the world.

Answer 2

1. If you think about it, all religious people are Godophobic, as in "God fearing christian".

2. The laws that you wrongfully correlate to the 10 commandments are actually based in the much older golden rule. "Do on to others as you would have them do to you".

If you think about it the majority of 10 commandments are nothing but a rehash of the golden rule with the exception of the ones about no god before me stuff. Those commandments show nothing but the christain god is an ******.

Oh and by the way the golden rule came from the pre jedao-christain pagan religions.

Answer 3

No, not godaphobic, just sick and tired of having narrow minded views shoved down my throat by well meaning individuals. I firmly believe religion should remain in the domain of the churches and religious organizations where it belongs. You either follow moral principles, or you don't. Posting the 10 Commandments on every street corner and inside every building won't do nonbelievers a bit of good. And forcing the issue on them will only alienate them further.
The best practice is living a life of good examples and representations of your faith in action.
The best place for them to be written is in your heart, then let that light shine out for all to see.
Best wishes

Answer 4

I'm rather phobic about people who don't know the difference between coveting and stealing. "Thou shalt not covet" has not ever been translated into a law. "Thou shalt not steal" has been, though.

And you forgot that there are a few of the Commandments which are specifically about believing in God and God only, not worshipping other gods nor graven images. Those are not translated into any laws in the U.S. To do so would be a violation of the highest law of the U.S.

I am not opposed to putting any kind of copy of the Commandments in any kind of public building. As long as you don't drop those stone tablets on my toes, it is no skin off my nose.

And I also agree with you that the left are far too promiscuous with the word "homophobic," too. There ARE some people who are "homophobic," but that word is far too frequently tossed around by people with lazy minds or a demagogic purpose.

Answer 5

The first few commandments are all about religion - and the 1st Amendment proscribes against making laws regarding the establishment/prohibition of religion.

Which of the 10 commandments says that smoking pot is illegal?

I believe that the Hammurabic Code is a better document with regards to underpinning modern laws. Where's your campaign to get that up in public?

Answer 6

Some of these answers here are really goofy. Dismissing any ancient manuscript as a "fable" because it does not mesh with one's existing indoctrination is one of the worst. There are existing ancient copies of the old testament and new testament which show that the version we have now is essentially unchanged. Since the Hebrews had one of the earliest written language, their stuff was written down at a very early date.
As far as verbal records being "fables", I wonder if you would dismiss the present day verbal geneologies which are kept by certain groups in Africa as "fables". They have been proven to be accurate even though they go back hundreds of years. Alex Haley used them to trace his ancestry when he wrote "Roots". Verbal records are passed on in a very disciplined manner, and in the ancient hebrew society various people were chosen as the ones to memorize the traditions and pass them on to next generations. Many of the names of people mentioned in the Bible appear in other records and writings from the same time. TO dismiss such a document as "fairy tales" is just plain ignorant. Some people will try anything to make God go away. He isnt going to go away. Get over it!

Answer 7

The 10 commandments are not the foundation of our legal system. You named 2 commandments in your question. What about "Thou shalt not worship any other god before Me"? How does that particular commandment (the 1st) co-exist with "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof" (the 1st Amendment)?

Second Commandment: "You shall not make for yourself a carved image--any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth." -- I bet NASA loves this one.

Third Commandment: "You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain." -- So much for freedom of speech.

Fourth Commandment: "Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy." -- Establishment of religion again? How about working on Sundays?

Fifth Commandment: "Honor your father and your mother." -- This is a basis of our laws?

Sixth Commandment: "You shall not murder." -- Finally, something that can be said to be a law.

Seventh Commandment: "You shall not commit adultery." -- Newt Gingrich loves this one.

Eighth Commandment: "You shall not steal." -- Another law.

Ninth Commandment: "You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor." -- Don't lie....Close to a law re: Perjury, Guess Bush forgot about this one.

Tenth Commandment: "You shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor's." -- Is this about stealing, or being jealous of?? I always thought "covet" meant to desire or want; not steal. So, you should not try to "Keep up with the Joneses?" Does not sound very capitalist to me and I thouhgt America was a capitalist society.

Answer 8

The short answer to your question is "no". I love the God and Father of my lord and saviour Jesus Christ with all my heart,soul, mind and strength.
I am not homophobic either but I do favor a constitutional amendment to the US Constitution to define marriage as "only happening between one man and one woman".
I do not hate homosexuals and/or lesbians. I think some of them are good people they just have some "wires crossed" and need God's deliverence in their lives. But they will only get God's deliverence if they seek it.

Answer 9

The ten commandments are basically the "golden rule". Do unto others as you would have others do unto you. I believe in it.
But it's wrong to call someone a "Godaphobic" just because they don't want to mix politics and religion. You can call them a "historical document" but would you be willing to have something from the Koran displayed in a school and called a "historical document"? Religion and government must stay separate entities.

Answer 10

No.

I personally believe in them and try to keep them, ...
My disdain of what public schools have become is greater than what it should be. Hence I sometimes over react and feel that they (PS) are better gone than fixed.

Yes they are part of the basis for our legal and ETHICAL systems and should be included in school.
How can we teach history with out the "Mayflower compact", the ten commandments.. ? But they do.