RE: Your thoughts on Satanism and the petition for a Satanic statue.
September 9, 2015 at 4:28 pm
(September 9, 2015 at 4:25 pm)TheRocketSurgeon Wrote:(September 9, 2015 at 4:21 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: I have no strong feelings either way with the 10 Commandments being there. You guys are acting like I do. I wouldn't care if there was a Buddha, or Mohammed sitting there instead of the 10 Commandments. I simply don't care about that type of thing. It doesn't bother me. I shouldn't get badgered for not caring about this.
That completely misses my point. Completely!
You should care. And I listed why.
If you can or will not understand why religious symbols, especially the Ten Commandments, have no place being erected beside our government buildings and public spaces, then you are against everything for which this nation stands.
Religion is a private thing, and the "wall of separation" protects religion against the very kind of offensiveness about which YOU are complaining. What we're trying to get you to see is the reason it is offensive is not because the religious symbols are or are not there, but why they're there, and what they stand for (and against) when they stand there.
As long as it doesn't effect our laws, I really wouldn't care if there was a Buddha sitting on public property. Shoot me I guess. Sheesh.
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
-walsh
-walsh
