Serious Problems with Atheism

[KevinM1]

Do you ever get tired of being wrong?

Treaty of Tripoli. Signed under President Washington, ratified under President Adams.

Article 11:

As the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion; as it has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion, or tranquility, of Mussulmen (Muslims); and as the said States never entered into any war or act of hostility against any Mahometan (Mohammedan) nation

Dag, Simon. That's in the Constitution? So if we want to get Christians to abandon  the idea that their god is a conservative republican, all we have to do is show them what the constitution says. They'll drop all pretense and  come right out as proponents of the theocracy they're really after.

*decloaking for a minute*

It's not in the Constitution, but rather verbiage in the Treaty of Tripoli (which was, well, a treaty between the US and Tripoli).  That said, the quote is interesting because it's just one of many which highlights the Founding Father's views on religion and government, namely that the US is, and always has been, a secular nation.  That secular quality is there by design, and was incredibly important in the formation of the nation itself (what do you think would happen if there was a declared religion, or even a leaning towards a particular one, in a land populated by Jews, Catholics, Protestants, and likely others in a time when religious disputes between them often turned violent?).

Regarding the 10 Commandments as a foundation of law, that's bullshit.  The first 4-5 are dumb, and usually manifest in idiotic blue laws (which are typically only found in conservative states, and are rapidly disappearing, or are lightly enforced).  6-9 are common to just about all cultures, and have their origins far earlier than the Commandments (and adultery is no longer considered a crime in most places).  10 is simply ridiculous.

Our government and laws have a lot more to do with ancient Greece, Rome, and colonial Britain than the Bible.

*recloaking*