Posted by rayww on March 3, 2005, at 15:41:12
In reply to Re: So you believe » rayww, posted by AuntieMel on March 3, 2005, at 10:18:09
> So you believe that government should support religion? Or more specific, the government should support Christianity?
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> Where does that leave everyone else?What does the ten commandments monument have to do with government supporting Christianity? Allowing religious freedom doesn't mean the government has to subscribe to everyone's religion. The monument is a symbol of law and order. Can you think of a better one?
This is a good topic, but it isn't easy to discuss. I understand why people are offended on both sides of the debate. If we could all try to obey the commandment to love our neighbor this detate would go away.
One might rather ask "who is my neighbor"? My neighbor is the person, group, or country with a neighboring view. The minority group. The nations that view God different than I. My neighbor is anyone with a different view than my own. I can love my neighbor without subscribing to his beliefs. A good political gesture to the Christians among us who believe in obeying the law, would be to place the monument in front of a law building. If that makes other groups feel militant, then maybe they should try to love their neighbor too.
By the way, thank-you for referring to the Old Testament Israelites as Christians. The Mormons once again are the only ones who believe that. As a side note, they believe the premortal Jesus Christ was the God of the Old Testament and that it was Jesus Christ who's finger carved the commandments in stone for Moses.
If this is true and if Satan is out to destroy all truth, it stands to reason that anyone reading this would feel anger at the mention of it.
Do you believe anger comes from Satan and love comes from God? Dumb question, I know you don't.... No offense intended. But if Satan is hate and anger and we let ourselves feel those emotions, it only stands to reason that we could get sucked into the black hole through our own emotions emoting. Same goes for love. If we let ourselves love our neighbor, that love becomes one with the love emenating from the presence of God, and we get drawn into the oneness with God.
If we display the commandments which remind us to love our neighbor, who knows, maybe some day someone will.
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