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originally posted by: Wardaddy454
originally posted by: buster2010
originally posted by: visitedbythem
All muslims migrating to the US should be required to take a course about Christianity. It will help them understand......
Why America isn't a Christian nation. Our laws are not based on the Christian faith you seem to have America confused with Vatican city.
Hmm I dunno, the Founding Fathers certainly perceived morality through a biblical prism. So I think their laws reflect that.
Why did no one bring up this little tidbit.
originally posted by: Wardaddy454
originally posted by: buster2010
originally posted by: visitedbythem
All muslims migrating to the US should be required to take a course about Christianity. It will help them understand......
Why America isn't a Christian nation. Our laws are not based on the Christian faith you seem to have America confused with Vatican city.
Hmm I dunno, the Founding Fathers certainly perceived morality through a biblical prism. So I think their laws reflect that.
originally posted by: buster2010
a reply to: StallionDuck
Why did no one bring up this little tidbit.
Because it's Pamela Geller. You could have a video of the old woman running the Muslim over with a car and Geller would think of a way to blame the Muslim.
2 You shall utterly destroy all the places where the nations which you shall dispossess served their gods, on the high mountains and on the hills and under every green tree. 3 And you shall destroy their altars, break their sacred pillars, and burn their wooden images with fire; you shall cut down the carved images of their gods and destroy their names from that place. 4 You shall not worship the Lord your God with such things.
30 take heed to yourself that you are not ensnared to follow them, after they are destroyed from before you, and that you do not inquire after their gods, saying, ‘How did these nations serve their gods? I also will do likewise.’ 31 You shall not worship the Lord your God in that way; for every abomination to the Lord which He hates they have done to their gods; for they burn even their sons and daughters in the fire to their gods.
I know the chapter doesn't exactly say that, but some Christians take it that way. Don't learn about other religions, or their tenets. So it could be considered a religious freedom case by some Christians
originally posted by: boncho
a reply to: Klassified
I know the chapter doesn't exactly say that, but some Christians take it that way. Don't learn about other religions, or their tenets. So it could be considered a religious freedom case by some Christians
Interesting take and observation. I hadn't considered that, but looking at it a little closer it seems to be about a Pagan religion, and Islam is Abrahamic after all. Still, I suppose that's what they will determine in the higher courts.
I side on the fact it's nothing more than a course for understanding. However you present an argument that is worth exploring and Im sure that's why they are going to hear it in court any who.
originally posted by: xuenchen
A striking court decision by a judge in Massachusetts.
A woman minister who was (apparently) convicted of a crime for pushing a tenant down some stairs where she is the landlord.
Now a judge orders the woman to take some kind of classes about Islam.
originally posted by: EvillerBob
I think that a Christian from Nigeria has a far, far better understanding of Islam than any teacher she's going to find in Massachusetts.