The Original Top Ten
Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore absolutely refuses to remove his Ten Commandments monument from the state judicial building, citing the Ten Commandments as a foundation for US law. Welcome to the Society for Elliptical Reasoning, Chief Justice Moore. The Ten Commandments are not so much the foundation of law as they are the foundation of top ten lists. Any search on Google for Ten Commandments will find a number of Ten Commandments that are not of the Judeo-Christian variety including: "Ten Commandments for C Programmers," "The Ten Commandments for Success on the Net," and "Ten Commandments of Golf Etiquette." The real foundation for Law is the Book of Leviticus, which has pages upon pages of archaic rules. Perhaps Justice Moore would like to have a monument dedicated to laws around food preparation?
Verbal Jazz maintains that religion (or lack thereof) is a personal matter and not one the state should enforce, or make subtle reference to. Considering that the first two commandments, or twenty-percent of said commandments, are, to paraphrase, "1. I am God, worship only me," and "2. Don't use my name unless you mean it," (touchy fellow, eh?) one can conclude that there may be a slight breach in the separation of church and state when those maintaining the law make such a display. Besides looking at your neighbor's wife's ass (Commandment 9) could get you into some trouble.
So much for that Beatitude about the meek inheriting the earth.
Also note that God takes no position on gay marriage in the original top ten list.
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Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore absolutely refuses to remove his Ten Commandments monument from the state judicial building, citing the Ten Commandments as a foundation for US law. Welcome to the Society for Elliptical Reasoning, Chief Justice Moore. The Ten Commandments are not so much the foundation of law as they are the foundation of top ten lists. Any search on Google for Ten Commandments will find a number of Ten Commandments that are not of the Judeo-Christian variety including: "Ten Commandments for C Programmers," "The Ten Commandments for Success on the Net," and "Ten Commandments of Golf Etiquette." The real foundation for Law is the Book of Leviticus, which has pages upon pages of archaic rules. Perhaps Justice Moore would like to have a monument dedicated to laws around food preparation?
Verbal Jazz maintains that religion (or lack thereof) is a personal matter and not one the state should enforce, or make subtle reference to. Considering that the first two commandments, or twenty-percent of said commandments, are, to paraphrase, "1. I am God, worship only me," and "2. Don't use my name unless you mean it," (touchy fellow, eh?) one can conclude that there may be a slight breach in the separation of church and state when those maintaining the law make such a display. Besides looking at your neighbor's wife's ass (Commandment 9) could get you into some trouble.
So much for that Beatitude about the meek inheriting the earth.
Also note that God takes no position on gay marriage in the original top ten list.
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