Jose Fly
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What about the others I mentioned?
A portrait of Jesus in a school? Seriously?
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What about the others I mentioned?
Christians getting worked up over non-holiday displays??
Do you mean... do I get offended if I see a building or business NOT celebrating Christmas?
I don't get worked up by it. I don't know a single person that worked up over that.
But I do get worked up when atheists force communities to take down displays that have become pat of the community history. I think that's childish and immature.
Jose Fly
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No, I mean when you see (or read about) Festivus Poles, Satanic displays, and the like.
Or what about Christians who get all worked up when a non-Christian is allowed to open a public meeting with a non-Christian prayer?
Why do you care?
Mocking You
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I would suppose there is an element of admiration involved.
Jose Fly
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Admiration of what?
Because.... I like to celebrate our heritage and where we came from. I like traditional things. It's fun to take your kids to see something that your parents took you to see. It's sentimental and I think it adds to our culture in a positive way.
Mocking You
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Hard to say without knowing more information, but I would guess at a minimum the principles, teachings, and morality that Jesus had.
Jose Fly
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And you can only do that when the display is on government property?
You also didn't answer....
Do you get all worked up when you see (or read about) Festivus Poles, Satanic displays, and the like?
Or what about Christians who get all worked up when a non-Christian is allowed to open a public meeting with a non-Christian prayer? Are they "dorks" too?
Jose Fly
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Why not just display the principles you want to convey, rather than go the abstract round-about way of putting up a painting of Jesus?
Mocking You
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So put up an unattributed poster of the Golden Rule and the Beatitudes?
No, you can do it anywhere. But many of these displays have been around forever. After all... this is/was a Christian nation founded on Christian values and principles. Therefore it was very common to have Christian displays in courthouses, schools, and other government buildings. And those displays have become part of our heritage and it's sad to see that heritage being destroyed by a few loud-moulted atheists who frankly have no reason to care.
Worked up?
No, not really. But I do feel sad for the people who are going to hell.
I don't get "worked up" about too much anymore. This nation is going to hell in a hand-basket and not much surprises me anymore.
Jose Fly
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Why credit Jesus with the Golden Rule? Other historical figures expressed the same sentiment prior to Jesus.
Jose Fly
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I'd bet if you check into them, you'd find they haven't.
No it's not. The founders deliberately set up a secular state (that's why they had things like prohibitions against religious tests for public office).
Lots of things can be said to be "part of our heritage" that we've moved on from.
Then why do they keep winning in courts?
Just because you've given up and thrown in the towel, doesn't mean everyone else has to.
Like this?:
"I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."-recited at kindergarten, grade schools
That's in reference to the Federal Reserve. :chuckle:
Literally speaking I guess you are right.
Freedom of religion is very different from freedom FROM religion. Your history is skewed.
True. Some good.... some bad.
Because this country is sliding into the abyss. The voices of the few are louder than the voices of the many. And frankly... the "many" don't seem to want to put up much of a fight.
It's the little things, no? :chuckle:
Mocking You
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OK then, the Beatitudes.
Why argue about every thing anyone says??
If other religious folks said it before Jesus they were still religious folks right?? And you are against religious things in public places (that's the topic of this thread). Therefore the question Mocking You asked was still valid. That's what bugs me about you. You are very difficult to have an intelligent conversation with.
Life lesson from either your wife or financial advisor? Badda-Bing :drum:?
Speaking from experience again quip?