adding my two-cents' worth...
I'm sure most of you know that I am a person of deep faith and Christian belief, though not really convinced of any particular religion's being 100% in keeping with 'the word'.
I was, and am, very disappointed in the actions of the judge in this Ten Commandments monument fiasco. It is my opinion that the judge failed in his duty to uphold the Constitution of the United States and failed in his duty to his belief and faith in God.
The Constitution of the United States was definitely created by men who not only shared a deep faith in the one, true God, but who sought to protect and guarantee the right of religious freedom.
By separating church and state, the writers of the Constitution protected religious freedom from being vulnerable to acts by any governmental institution or representative.
If the writers of the Constitution had not sought to protect religious freedom, they would have placed control of religous practices within the domain of the governmental branches and no separation of church and state would have ever existed.
True freedom, true liberty, true justice precludes any leader from assuming the role of 'god' (as happened in Japan when the emperor declared himself 'god' and his subjects worshipped him and sacrificed their lives for him).
The judge failed in his duty to his faith and worship by taking the Ten Commandments out of the context of the Old Testament scriptures. The Old Testament scriptures include the book of Judges and the scriptures that tell us why we have people as judges instead of having God or His chosen representatives as 'judges'.
One can not simply remove the Ten Commandments and place them in the courthouse and ignore the creation of judges. Judges were installed by God at the request of the people of that time. In creating and installing the system of judges, God admonished the people, telling them that from that day forward, sinful people would be put over them to deliver justice and though He would not forsake the judges who sought His counsel, it would be up to the judges to act properly in accordance with the law created by man.
In all societies that have a belief system of right and wrong, punishable and not punishable offenses, the belief system is based on the stated 'laws' of the Ten Commandments. Some of the laws of the Ten Commandments translate into personal transgressions that hurt others; some translate into criminal laws which are considered against society as a whole. It is up to man to punish those who break the laws of man and it is up to God to punish those who break the Ten Commandments.
God separated church and state centuries before the writers of the US Constitution were even born.
EC
I'm sure most of you know that I am a person of deep faith and Christian belief, though not really convinced of any particular religion's being 100% in keeping with 'the word'.
I was, and am, very disappointed in the actions of the judge in this Ten Commandments monument fiasco. It is my opinion that the judge failed in his duty to uphold the Constitution of the United States and failed in his duty to his belief and faith in God.
The Constitution of the United States was definitely created by men who not only shared a deep faith in the one, true God, but who sought to protect and guarantee the right of religious freedom.
By separating church and state, the writers of the Constitution protected religious freedom from being vulnerable to acts by any governmental institution or representative.
If the writers of the Constitution had not sought to protect religious freedom, they would have placed control of religous practices within the domain of the governmental branches and no separation of church and state would have ever existed.
True freedom, true liberty, true justice precludes any leader from assuming the role of 'god' (as happened in Japan when the emperor declared himself 'god' and his subjects worshipped him and sacrificed their lives for him).
The judge failed in his duty to his faith and worship by taking the Ten Commandments out of the context of the Old Testament scriptures. The Old Testament scriptures include the book of Judges and the scriptures that tell us why we have people as judges instead of having God or His chosen representatives as 'judges'.
One can not simply remove the Ten Commandments and place them in the courthouse and ignore the creation of judges. Judges were installed by God at the request of the people of that time. In creating and installing the system of judges, God admonished the people, telling them that from that day forward, sinful people would be put over them to deliver justice and though He would not forsake the judges who sought His counsel, it would be up to the judges to act properly in accordance with the law created by man.
In all societies that have a belief system of right and wrong, punishable and not punishable offenses, the belief system is based on the stated 'laws' of the Ten Commandments. Some of the laws of the Ten Commandments translate into personal transgressions that hurt others; some translate into criminal laws which are considered against society as a whole. It is up to man to punish those who break the laws of man and it is up to God to punish those who break the Ten Commandments.
God separated church and state centuries before the writers of the US Constitution were even born.
EC
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