I can't believe I'm going to actually bite on this one... On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 2:30 PM, sam morris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> http://www.americanthinker.com/2007/09/the_judeochristian_values_of_a.html > > We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, > that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that > among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. > -Declaration of Independence > "Creator" is a fairly oblique, non-specific, and non-Judeo-Christian term. It is, in point of context with the Foynding Fathers, a Deist term. If the Declaration of Independence were meant to be a Christian or Judeo-Christian document, it would have said God; probably would have even said God, the Father, or something similar. > Our Founding Fathers separated church from state, but they wisely did not > separate God from state; they acknowledged God as the source of our rights, > and, in fact, they were careful to place Biblical morality directly into our > founding documents and laws, and into our values and culture precisely to > help prevent a future of totalitarian or tyrannical rule in America. The > combination of keeping Judeo-Christian religious morality in the state, as > opposed to the church it's self; and, additionally, setting up our laws > based on reason and common sense has contributed to the American Character, > and to what is known as "American Exceptionalism." > This "Biblical Morality" is wholly and truly not "Biblical" at all, save that the common sense it serves appears in that book--it appears elsewhere in history, as well. > In Judeo-Christian America one finds the idea of equality before God and > the law, but not government forced economic equality. Modern European > culture has stressed the value of economic equality rather than Liberty, and > their governments unjustly enforce the principle. This has led to the > failed European inventions of Socialism and Communism. Socialists in > America have been lured into this failed European idea of social justice. > Socialism is a failure in that it unjustly suppresses human creativity by > excessively taxing away its rewards, and by foolishly giving economic reward > to many who, even though mentally and physically able, fail to honor their > Divine privilege and duty to work creatively. > The ideal of Socialism is very far removed from the actualized trials around the world; it fails because it relies too heavily on human beings to give of themselves, and the human animal is far too greedy and opportunistic. > America is a melting pot of diverse people including Christians, Jews, > Muslims, Buddhists and Atheists; and from the Judeo-Christian perspective, > all are made in God's image. We have in America a multiethnic society, and > that is good. What would be unhealthy for America would be for it to become > Balkanized, something likely to happen with the atrophy of Judeo-Christian > American Culture and Values. Worse yet would be for America to adopt the > toxic values which exist in some parts of the world and which are endemic in > some foreign cultures. The values of Fascism, Nazism, Communism or > Totalitarian Islamic Sharia Law for example must never metastasize into our > American Culture, rooted in Judeo-Christian values. These values have been > with us from the beginning and they have made us strong and successful. > These Judeo- Christian Values should be kept central to the American Spirit > and Culture even as we have become more multi-ethnic. Again, this perceived Judeo-Christian value system is borrowed from other history as well, and does not make the foundation of this Nation Christian by any means. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:262248 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
