(October 4, 2014 at 11:09 am)TaraJo Wrote: Y'know, I've always wondered why people think America and its government was inspired by the Bible. I mean, the first amendment and its freedom of religion specifically contradicts the first several commandments where god mandates his people worship him and then gives them instructions on how to do it.
Not to mention, many of the things that the ten commandments forbid aren't illegal, anyway. I mean, it says to honor your mother and father, but that isn't a crime. Adultery may be immoral but it certainly isn't illegal. Coveting certainly isn't illegal, but if it was the advertising industry would go under. And we've pretty much accepted that it's impossible in todays modern world for everyone to get Sunday off. Only 3 out of 10 commandments are even laws (killing, stealing and bearing false witness). That's it. If the US were really a "Christian nation," more than a third of the most important laws in Chrisianity would be in our law books.
As for contradicting the 10 Commandments, Jesus himself declined to enforce (in most accounts) those 5 relating to man and God's interactions.
So we might look at enacting those 5 commandments in law as anti-christian.
Confusing, ain't it? And god claims to not be the author of confusion . . .
