| The following quote is from a religious website: "Congressman Robert Aderholt of Alabama will be introducing the Ten Commandments defense act. This bill will protect a state's right to display the Ten Commandments on state property, as well as protect expressions of religious faith on state property." This evening (September 4th) 'TBN' (the right wing Christian American television network) has an interview with a Congressman on who is promising to introduce 'Free Speech for Church' legislation into the U.S. House of Congress. Translated, what this means is that just as churches want to be exempt from civil rights legislation so as to discriminate primarily against Gays and Lesbians, they also want their 'right' to preach discrimination from the pulpit protected under a special 'free speech' law that will, in accordance with 'gospel principles' allow the church pulpit free reign in slandering prostitutes, tax collectors, and 'sinners', not to mention porn stars, who are also being attacked on the same program which gives you some idea of the intent of this new law the churches want passed. (By the way that was sarcasm, for those of you unfamiliar with the gospel. Christ was slandered constantly from the pulpit for having as his friends prostitutes, tax collectors and all sorts of 'sinners'). This reminds me of a similar effort that was made years ago in my home province when a notorious 'gay bashing' preacher complained bitterly that while everyone was protecting civil rights no one was protecting his civil right as a preacher to 'gay bash'. 'What about our rights' he remarked, demanding then the civil right to deny the civil rights of others as, of course, a church civil right. I say let the churches discriminate against themselves and let them also leave other people alone and keep their constant attempts to pass discriminatory and dictitorial laws to themselves as well (others are not interested). As for that canard about protecting the 'civil right' of churches to violate the civil rights of others, this isn't the first time such stupid reasoning has been used by churches constantly seeking the establishment of a totalitarian theocratic dictatorship (as in the 'good old days') and it is my hope that the UCLU and other such organizations will challenge such a ridiculous (politically motivated vote getting) canard in the courts...As for bald faced hypocrisy, I direct readers to my Bible Commentary pages for example after example of fraudulent misuse of the Bible by the religious right which is blatantly obvious to anyone who wants to take the time to investigate the matter. This business of enshrining the 'civil right' of the churches to violate civil rights of others not interested in them or their churches is just one more example of the same type of hypocrisy... Earlier this spring, somewhere on my prophecy page, I challenged those preachers to justify giving the eternally burning death penalty to people for victimless crimes (while ignoring all the time the poverty and suffering of the planet, a truly warped version of 'morality' if there ever was one). I told them they were going to have to convince a jury that such a hideous punishment for things that are not really crimes was justified. They did not, understandably, take up the challenge, but, now, as always, simply carry on with little concern for justice, reason, common sense, which is also typical of their cynical and dishonest misuse of the Bible. If these churches want to convince a house of Congress to pass such superstitious and ridiculous nonsense or if they want to convince a court of law to uphold such vote getting laws, it should be incumbent upon those same churches to explain thoroughly the legal basis for viciously prosecuting and horrendously punishing non-crimes, if the reason for doing so can be said to have a legal basis and is not just religious bigotry and mindless dogmatism, which would otherwise appear to be the case. That the laws of the United States, or any other country should be tainted with such ridiculous and absurd, torturing cruelty as an alleged 'just law' then it should be incumbent on those churches to convince a judge and a jury that such an odious death penalty for non-crimes is justified. (As I told them before, good luck, because they are certainly going to need more than luck to disguise that blatant bigotry as 'justice'). The Campaign to Impeach George W. Bush Click here for more information |
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Introduction :The Pioneer Effect and the New Physics. A brief description of the new physics required to explain the 'Pioneer Effect', which is the constant deceleration of space craft as they fly through space.