Best E-mails of the Week 11/23/03
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Subject: Has our country changed this much??
As you walk up the
steps to the Capitol Building which houses the Supreme
Court you can see near the top of the building a row of the world's law
givers and each one is facing one in the middle who is facing forward with
full frontal view - it is Moses and the Ten Commandments!
As you enter the Supreme Court courtroom, the two huge oak doors have the
Ten Commandments engraved on each lower portion of each door.
As you sit inside the courtroom, you can see the wall right above where the
Supreme Court judges sit a display of the Ten Commandments!
There are Bible verses etched in stone all over the Federal Buildings and
Monuments in Washington, D.C.
James Madison, the fourth president, known as "The Father of Our
Constitution" made the following statement "We have staked the whole of all
our political institutions upon the capacity of mankind for self-government,
upon the capacity of each and all of us to govern ourselves, to control
ourselves, to sustain ourselves according to the Ten Commandments of God."
Patrick Henry, that patriot and Founding Father of our country said, "It
cannot be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great nation was
founded not by religionists but by Christians, not on religions but on the
Gospel of Jesus Christ".
Every session of Congress begins with a prayer by a paid preacher, whose
salary has been paid by the taxpayer since 1777.
Fifty-two of the 55 founders of the Constitution were members of the
established orthodox churches in the colonies.
Thomas Jefferson worried about that the Courts would overstep their
authority and instead of interpreting the law would begin making law. An
oligarchy. The rule of few over many.
The very first Supreme Court Justice, John Jay, said, "Americans should
select and prefer Christians as their rulers."
How then, have we gotten to the point that everything we have done for 200
years in this country is now suddenly wrong and unconstitutional?
| Not everything is "suddenly wrong
and unconstitutional" Why exaggerate? On Saturday when we attend David's bar mitzvah, I go there not with the feeling that "this great nation was founded... on the gospel of Jesus Christ." Certainly his Jewish ancestors have a proud history here too, as do other non Christians.
As for Jefferson, remember that he tried to take control of the Judiciary Branch by having Judge Chase impeached so that he as President could appoint the judges he wanted. The prevention of his power play gives us separate branches today. Thank God that Jefferson's attempt was foiled by the Senate's long deliberation in 1804. After they had voted to keep the Supreme Court independent of Presidential influence, the Senate Leader and our Vice President gave a moving speech as he closed the session and finished his term. He told the Senate how important their work was for our country, and bid them goodbye. Many senators were moved to tears by what is considered the most eloquent exit speech ever given. Although the vice president would thereafter always be considered an enemy of President Jefferson, he did the right thing, and this is one of many reasons why he is my hero, Aaron Burr. I was pleased that our local newspaper has started publishing my multi article series about his life.
Back to Religion, here's Dilbert:
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