Sunday, November 24, 2024

The controversial new battle over bibles in public classrooms

Where does the US Constitution assert that a state of war should exist between organized religion and the State ? The biggest mistake of the old Soviet Union was not SOCIALISM . It was making the State an " officially atheist " tyranny . References to the Old Testament Bible and to the New Testament abound in the cultural tradition of Western Civilization which also includes the collected works of the bold French philosopher Voltaire. In my elementary schoolroom I recall praying " The Prayer Perfect " with little psychological damage. Also, I do miss that " Ten Commandments " monument in Roger Williams Park, Providence, Rhode Island. What difference did it make that the majority of park visitors were not offended by words like : " Thou shat not kill " ... " Thou shalt honor thy mother and thy father "... " Thou shalt not steal " on the iconic monument. What mattered here was that a few sniveling WOKE Democrat, New Atheists were offended. On the side I would also say that I miss the Pre-Vatican Catholic Church with its Latin Mass, its gravitas and mystique. Am I one of those odious RIGHT WING Christians who would applaud the Salem Witchcraft Trial ? No, in Election 2024 I wrote-in the ghost of Eugene V. Debs , five times Socialist Party candidate for president of the United States. NOTE : " OUR democracy " has nothing to do with MAJORITY RULE anymore ? WHO matters now are the tiny minority of vociferous cranks ?

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