There have been several letters regarding moving the Ten Commandments that have piously stated that they can be followed by all religions. I would point out that the list begins with, “Thou shalt have no other gods before me.” That is a Christian God, so for the other religions to follow they must either convert or be regarded as lesser citizens than Christians. How arrogant is that?
In my view, the majority of all religious believers are good people who find solace and direction from their various religions. I was raised as a Christian but the blind hypocrisy, bigotry and revisionist history that permeates the religion have driven me away. Christians have allowed a vocal, political minority to identify their religion as better than all others. It is not. And they preach that our country was founded on Christianity. It was not. It was founded on the sanctity of all its citizens, believers or not.
Thomas Jefferson wrote, “When there is a union of church and state, tyranny will follow because those who do not believe in the state sponsored church will be subjected to tyranny and oppression.” He was right, and so were the framers when they constructed a Constitution designed to protect the minority from the tyranny of the majority. If the Ten Commandments stay on public property it will be a monument to gutless politicians and religious bigots; not our country.
Snohomish
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