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Old June 18th 20, 06:46 PM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
Radey Shouman
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Frank Krygowski writes:

On 6/17/2020 8:34 PM, jbeattie wrote:
On Wednesday, June 17, 2020 at 3:11:02 PM UTC-7, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 6/17/2020 2:48 PM, jbeattie wrote:
On Wednesday, June 17, 2020 at 10:57:18 AM UTC-7, wrote:

Was it recently as "We hold these truths to be self evident, that
all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator
with certain in alienable rights."?

"God who gave us life gave us liberty. Can the liberties of a
nation be secure when we have removed a conviction that these
liberties are the gift of God? Indeed I tremble for my country
when I reflect that God is just, that His justice cannot sleep
forever." - Thomas Jefferson, Notes on the State of Virginia?

"The right to freedom being the gift of God Almighty, it is not
in the power of man to alienate this gift and voluntarily become
a slave." - Samuel Adams, The Rights of the Colonists, 1772?

"God's hand was on me. God protected me and kept me through the
battle." - George Washington

"In the Name of the most Holy and undivided Trinity." - Treaty of
Paris (1783)

"With hearts fortified with these animating reflections, we most
solemnly before God and the world Declare, that, exerting the
utmost energy of those powers which our beneficent Creator hath
graciously bestowed upon us, the arms we have been compelled by
our enemies to assume, we will, in defiance of every hazard, with
unabating firmness and perseverance, employ for the preservation
of our liberties - being with one mind resolved to die FREEMEN
rather than to live SLAVES." - Declaration of the Causes and
Necessity of Taking Up Arms, July 5, 1775

Jay, it does not appear that you could make a very strong
argument in a court of law. After WW II there was such an
upwelling of religion that my father-in-law founded 26 churches
himself and every one of them is still running. You have never
seen a bad day in your life, one in which you had to wonder what
you would have to say upon meeting your creator, so you can
pretend he doesn't exist until that day.


Yes, religion was big in the colonial US, but my point is that the
founding fathers created a secular federal government. Jefferson,
your first cited author, was a Deist and did not believe Jesus was
the son of God. Jefferson was the guy pushing for separation of
church and state and was even called an infidel.

Of course, there are various opinions about what Jefferson
believed. You're correct about his thoughts on Jesus, but "Deist"
currently implies some things he probably didn't accept. And then
you have to account for his (like anyone's) changing beliefs over
time.

I suppose the whole Sally Hemings thing wasn't too helpful for him either.

I doubt very much that we can ever understand what really went on
there. Relationships are incredibly complex in modern times with
modern mores. They were no less complex back then.

Your religious beliefs are no business of the government, and vice versa.

OK, something I don't quite understand: Among many other "sins,"
the government defines murder as being its business. But as I
understand it, there are religious sects that have condoned murder,
or at least killing of certain individuals; and not just in easy
cases like self defense. This has been true in at least some
situations for at least some Christian, Islamic, Hindu and other
sects or sub-sects.

But of course, there's disagreement. Most religions do not condone
murder. Some oppose even capital punishment.

So if our government says "You can't murder people," isn't that
adopting a certain religious viewpoint and disregarding another?

We could ask (or could have asked) the same question regarding
stores opening on Sunday, liquor sales, polygamy, some types of
gambling, child marriage, homosexual acts and more.

Isn't "good" vs. "bad" often a judgment based on religious views?


Yes, but that's not establishing religion or dictating how we
worship -- or what we worship, at least not in the First Amendment
sense. ... Most criminal laws fit with secular moral/ethical codes.


I think you're sidestepping the question. What's the source of the
secular moral/ethical codes?


What's the source of any human behavior? Either it's God or it's not --
there is no reason to separate moral/ethical codes from anything else.
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Old June 18th 20, 09:18 PM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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On 6/18/2020 12:58 PM, jbeattie wrote:
On Thursday, June 18, 2020 at 8:35:20 AM UTC-7, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 6/17/2020 8:34 PM, jbeattie wrote:
On Wednesday, June 17, 2020 at 3:11:02 PM UTC-7, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 6/17/2020 2:48 PM, jbeattie wrote:
On Wednesday, June 17, 2020 at 10:57:18 AM UTC-7, wrote:

Was it recently as "We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain in alienable rights."?

"God who gave us life gave us liberty. Can the liberties of a nation be secure when we have removed a conviction that these liberties are the gift of God? Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just, that His justice cannot sleep forever." - Thomas Jefferson, Notes on the State of Virginia?

"The right to freedom being the gift of God Almighty, it is not in the power of man to alienate this gift and voluntarily become a slave." - Samuel Adams, The Rights of the Colonists, 1772?

"God's hand was on me. God protected me and kept me through the battle." - George Washington

"In the Name of the most Holy and undivided Trinity." - Treaty of Paris (1783)

"With hearts fortified with these animating reflections, we most solemnly before God and the world Declare, that, exerting the utmost energy of those powers which our beneficent Creator hath graciously bestowed upon us, the arms we have been compelled by our enemies to assume, we will, in defiance of every hazard, with unabating firmness and perseverance, employ for the preservation of our liberties - being with one mind resolved to die FREEMEN rather than to live SLAVES." - Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms, July 5, 1775

Jay, it does not appear that you could make a very strong argument in a court of law. After WW II there was such an upwelling of religion that my father-in-law founded 26 churches himself and every one of them is still running. You have never seen a bad day in your life, one in which you had to wonder what you would have to say upon meeting your creator, so you can pretend he doesn't exist until that day.


Yes, religion was big in the colonial US, but my point is that the founding fathers created a secular federal government. Jefferson, your first cited author, was a Deist and did not believe Jesus was the son of God. Jefferson was the guy pushing for separation of church and state and was even called an infidel.

Of course, there are various opinions about what Jefferson believed. You're correct about his thoughts on Jesus, but "Deist" currently implies some things he probably didn't accept. And then you have to account for his (like anyone's) changing beliefs over time.

I suppose the whole Sally Hemings thing wasn't too helpful for him either.

I doubt very much that we can ever understand what really went on there. Relationships are incredibly complex in modern times with modern mores. They were no less complex back then.

Your religious beliefs are no business of the government, and vice versa.

OK, something I don't quite understand: Among many other "sins," the government defines murder as being its business. But as I understand it, there are religious sects that have condoned murder, or at least killing of certain individuals; and not just in easy cases like self defense. This has been true in at least some situations for at least some Christian, Islamic, Hindu and other sects or sub-sects.

But of course, there's disagreement. Most religions do not condone murder. Some oppose even capital punishment.

So if our government says "You can't murder people," isn't that adopting a certain religious viewpoint and disregarding another?

We could ask (or could have asked) the same question regarding stores opening on Sunday, liquor sales, polygamy, some types of gambling, child marriage, homosexual acts and more.

Isn't "good" vs. "bad" often a judgment based on religious views?

Yes, but that's not establishing religion or dictating how we worship -- or what we worship, at least not in the First Amendment sense. ... Most criminal laws fit with secular moral/ethical codes.


I think you're sidestepping the question. What's the source of the
secular moral/ethical codes?


--
- Frank Krygowski


Sidestepping even further, what's the source of religion -- and what is the source of religious prohibitions?


Well, obviously, the source of religion is whatever deity one believes
in. Or else it's complete fantasy, if one doesn't believe in any deity.
Take your pick?

In large part, religion is just the executive branch -- the enforcement mechanism for a lot of social norms, or even worse, the whims of those in power. ...


In some cases, I think that's unfortunately true. IMO, the prohibition
against Roman Catholic priests marrying fits that description. But that
isn't a case of government regulation.


Worshiping another god will get you the death penalty (Exodus/Deuteronomy). That, I think, would present a constitutional problem. Imagine getting pulled over and hauled off for worshiping another god.


I think that's quite possible in certain countries. Isn't that the Hindu
vs. Muslim problem? Or the al-Qaeda policy?

Anyway, secular laws may track religious prohibitions, but that doesn't make them religious. They represent a consensus opinion that existed long before any modern religion.


I'm not sure. Consider euthanasia. I suspect its general prohibition is
(or in some places, was) rooted in religious belief - and I think it's
important to not discount the validity of that belief.

More detail: As I understand, there were periods in the history of
Western culture (including Islamic culture) when philosophical
discussion and debate was as popular as, say, American football. People
didn't argue about Brady vs. Roethlisberger. They argued about theology,
morality, etc.

I suspect that during those times or earlier times, there must have been
intense discussion about whether euthanasia was good or bad. The
decision was "bad" and it informed the teachings of Christianity, Islam,
Judaism and other religions (although not all of them).

I suspect that's why euthanasia has generally been illegal. Legislatures
didn't start the debate from first principles before writing the laws.
They listened to the beliefs they had been taught, and to the similar
beliefs of their constituents.

Of course, we're now in an age where any wisdom or standard older than
50 years is considered worthless; an age where any 18-year-old's
viewpoint is just as valid as that of a person who spent a lifetime
studying, meditating, discussing, writing about and praying about any issue.

--
- Frank Krygowski
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Old June 18th 20, 11:05 PM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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On Thursday, June 18, 2020 at 10:46:04 AM UTC-7, Radey Shouman wrote:
Frank Krygowski writes:

On 6/17/2020 8:34 PM, jbeattie wrote:
On Wednesday, June 17, 2020 at 3:11:02 PM UTC-7, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 6/17/2020 2:48 PM, jbeattie wrote:
On Wednesday, June 17, 2020 at 10:57:18 AM UTC-7, wrote:

Was it recently as "We hold these truths to be self evident, that
all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator
with certain in alienable rights."?

"God who gave us life gave us liberty. Can the liberties of a
nation be secure when we have removed a conviction that these
liberties are the gift of God? Indeed I tremble for my country
when I reflect that God is just, that His justice cannot sleep
forever." - Thomas Jefferson, Notes on the State of Virginia?

"The right to freedom being the gift of God Almighty, it is not
in the power of man to alienate this gift and voluntarily become
a slave." - Samuel Adams, The Rights of the Colonists, 1772?

"God's hand was on me. God protected me and kept me through the
battle." - George Washington

"In the Name of the most Holy and undivided Trinity." - Treaty of
Paris (1783)

"With hearts fortified with these animating reflections, we most
solemnly before God and the world Declare, that, exerting the
utmost energy of those powers which our beneficent Creator hath
graciously bestowed upon us, the arms we have been compelled by
our enemies to assume, we will, in defiance of every hazard, with
unabating firmness and perseverance, employ for the preservation
of our liberties - being with one mind resolved to die FREEMEN
rather than to live SLAVES." - Declaration of the Causes and
Necessity of Taking Up Arms, July 5, 1775

Jay, it does not appear that you could make a very strong
argument in a court of law. After WW II there was such an
upwelling of religion that my father-in-law founded 26 churches
himself and every one of them is still running. You have never
seen a bad day in your life, one in which you had to wonder what
you would have to say upon meeting your creator, so you can
pretend he doesn't exist until that day.


Yes, religion was big in the colonial US, but my point is that the
founding fathers created a secular federal government. Jefferson,
your first cited author, was a Deist and did not believe Jesus was
the son of God. Jefferson was the guy pushing for separation of
church and state and was even called an infidel.

Of course, there are various opinions about what Jefferson
believed. You're correct about his thoughts on Jesus, but "Deist"
currently implies some things he probably didn't accept. And then
you have to account for his (like anyone's) changing beliefs over
time.

I suppose the whole Sally Hemings thing wasn't too helpful for him either.

I doubt very much that we can ever understand what really went on
there. Relationships are incredibly complex in modern times with
modern mores. They were no less complex back then.

Your religious beliefs are no business of the government, and vice versa.

OK, something I don't quite understand: Among many other "sins,"
the government defines murder as being its business. But as I
understand it, there are religious sects that have condoned murder,
or at least killing of certain individuals; and not just in easy
cases like self defense. This has been true in at least some
situations for at least some Christian, Islamic, Hindu and other
sects or sub-sects.

But of course, there's disagreement. Most religions do not condone
murder. Some oppose even capital punishment.

So if our government says "You can't murder people," isn't that
adopting a certain religious viewpoint and disregarding another?

We could ask (or could have asked) the same question regarding
stores opening on Sunday, liquor sales, polygamy, some types of
gambling, child marriage, homosexual acts and more.

Isn't "good" vs. "bad" often a judgment based on religious views?

Yes, but that's not establishing religion or dictating how we
worship -- or what we worship, at least not in the First Amendment
sense. ... Most criminal laws fit with secular moral/ethical codes.


I think you're sidestepping the question. What's the source of the
secular moral/ethical codes?


What's the source of any human behavior? Either it's God or it's not --
there is no reason to separate moral/ethical codes from anything else.


My head hurts. I'm going back to considering whether to grease my tapers.

-- Jay Beattie.
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Old June 18th 20, 11:38 PM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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On Thu, 18 Jun 2020 16:18:58 -0400, Frank Krygowski
wrote:

On 6/18/2020 12:58 PM, jbeattie wrote:
On Thursday, June 18, 2020 at 8:35:20 AM UTC-7, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 6/17/2020 8:34 PM, jbeattie wrote:
On Wednesday, June 17, 2020 at 3:11:02 PM UTC-7, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 6/17/2020 2:48 PM, jbeattie wrote:
On Wednesday, June 17, 2020 at 10:57:18 AM UTC-7, wrote:

Was it recently as "We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain in alienable rights."?

"God who gave us life gave us liberty. Can the liberties of a nation be secure when we have removed a conviction that these liberties are the gift of God? Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just, that His justice cannot sleep forever." - Thomas Jefferson, Notes on the State of Virginia?

"The right to freedom being the gift of God Almighty, it is not in the power of man to alienate this gift and voluntarily become a slave." - Samuel Adams, The Rights of the Colonists, 1772?

"God's hand was on me. God protected me and kept me through the battle." - George Washington

"In the Name of the most Holy and undivided Trinity." - Treaty of Paris (1783)

"With hearts fortified with these animating reflections, we most solemnly before God and the world Declare, that, exerting the utmost energy of those powers which our beneficent Creator hath graciously bestowed upon us, the arms we have been compelled by our enemies to assume, we will, in defiance of every hazard, with unabating firmness and perseverance, employ for the preservation of our liberties - being with one mind resolved to die FREEMEN rather than to live SLAVES." - Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms, July 5, 1775

Jay, it does not appear that you could make a very strong argument in a court of law. After WW II there was such an upwelling of religion that my father-in-law founded 26 churches himself and every one of them is still running. You have never seen a bad day in your life, one in which you had to wonder what you would have to say upon meeting your creator, so you can pretend he doesn't exist until that day.


Yes, religion was big in the colonial US, but my point is that the founding fathers created a secular federal government. Jefferson, your first cited author, was a Deist and did not believe Jesus was the son of God. Jefferson was the guy pushing for separation of church and state and was even called an infidel.

Of course, there are various opinions about what Jefferson believed. You're correct about his thoughts on Jesus, but "Deist" currently implies some things he probably didn't accept. And then you have to account for his (like anyone's) changing beliefs over time.

I suppose the whole Sally Hemings thing wasn't too helpful for him either.

I doubt very much that we can ever understand what really went on there. Relationships are incredibly complex in modern times with modern mores. They were no less complex back then.

Your religious beliefs are no business of the government, and vice versa.

OK, something I don't quite understand: Among many other "sins," the government defines murder as being its business. But as I understand it, there are religious sects that have condoned murder, or at least killing of certain individuals; and not just in easy cases like self defense. This has been true in at least some situations for at least some Christian, Islamic, Hindu and other sects or sub-sects.

But of course, there's disagreement. Most religions do not condone murder. Some oppose even capital punishment.

So if our government says "You can't murder people," isn't that adopting a certain religious viewpoint and disregarding another?

We could ask (or could have asked) the same question regarding stores opening on Sunday, liquor sales, polygamy, some types of gambling, child marriage, homosexual acts and more.

Isn't "good" vs. "bad" often a judgment based on religious views?

Yes, but that's not establishing religion or dictating how we worship -- or what we worship, at least not in the First Amendment sense. ... Most criminal laws fit with secular moral/ethical codes.

I think you're sidestepping the question. What's the source of the
secular moral/ethical codes?


--
- Frank Krygowski


Sidestepping even further, what's the source of religion -- and what is the source of religious prohibitions?


Well, obviously, the source of religion is whatever deity one believes
in. Or else it's complete fantasy, if one doesn't believe in any deity.
Take your pick?


Well, classical Buddhism has no god(s) but yet the Buddhist Precepts
are very similar to the 10 commandments.


In large part, religion is just the executive branch -- the enforcement mechanism for a lot of social norms, or even worse, the whims of those in power. ...


In some cases, I think that's unfortunately true. IMO, the prohibition
against Roman Catholic priests marrying fits that description. But that
isn't a case of government regulation.


Worshiping another god will get you the death penalty (Exodus/Deuteronomy). That, I think, would present a constitutional problem. Imagine getting pulled over and hauled off for worshiping another god.


I think that's quite possible in certain countries. Isn't that the Hindu
vs. Muslim problem? Or the al-Qaeda policy?


Or even the Christian - Jewish problem, or the Christian - Muslim
problem or the Jewish - Muslim or the Muslim - Christian or the
Christian - Christian, or Muslim - Muslim problem?

--
cheers,

John B.

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Old June 18th 20, 11:43 PM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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On Wednesday, June 17, 2020 at 3:11:02 PM UTC-7, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 6/17/2020 2:48 PM, jbeattie wrote:
On Wednesday, June 17, 2020 at 10:57:18 AM UTC-7, wrote:

Was it recently as "We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain in alienable rights."?

"God who gave us life gave us liberty. Can the liberties of a nation be secure when we have removed a conviction that these liberties are the gift of God? Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just, that His justice cannot sleep forever." - Thomas Jefferson, Notes on the State of Virginia?

"The right to freedom being the gift of God Almighty, it is not in the power of man to alienate this gift and voluntarily become a slave." - Samuel Adams, The Rights of the Colonists, 1772?

"God's hand was on me. God protected me and kept me through the battle.." - George Washington

"In the Name of the most Holy and undivided Trinity." - Treaty of Paris (1783)

"With hearts fortified with these animating reflections, we most solemnly before God and the world Declare, that, exerting the utmost energy of those powers which our beneficent Creator hath graciously bestowed upon us, the arms we have been compelled by our enemies to assume, we will, in defiance of every hazard, with unabating firmness and perseverance, employ for the preservation of our liberties - being with one mind resolved to die FREEMEN rather than to live SLAVES." - Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms, July 5, 1775

Jay, it does not appear that you could make a very strong argument in a court of law. After WW II there was such an upwelling of religion that my father-in-law founded 26 churches himself and every one of them is still running. You have never seen a bad day in your life, one in which you had to wonder what you would have to say upon meeting your creator, so you can pretend he doesn't exist until that day.



Yes, religion was big in the colonial US, but my point is that the founding fathers created a secular federal government. Jefferson, your first cited author, was a Deist and did not believe Jesus was the son of God. Jefferson was the guy pushing for separation of church and state and was even called an infidel.


Of course, there are various opinions about what Jefferson believed. You're correct about his thoughts on Jesus, but "Deist" currently implies some things he probably didn't accept. And then you have to account for his (like anyone's) changing beliefs over time.

I suppose the whole Sally Hemings thing wasn't too helpful for him either.


I doubt very much that we can ever understand what really went on there. Relationships are incredibly complex in modern times with modern mores. They were no less complex back then.

Your religious beliefs are no business of the government, and vice versa.


OK, something I don't quite understand: Among many other "sins," the government defines murder as being its business. But as I understand it, there are religious sects that have condoned murder, or at least killing of certain individuals; and not just in easy cases like self defense. This has been true in at least some situations for at least some Christian, Islamic, Hindu and other sects or sub-sects.

But of course, there's disagreement. Most religions do not condone murder.. Some oppose even capital punishment.

So if our government says "You can't murder people," isn't that adopting a certain religious viewpoint and disregarding another?

We could ask (or could have asked) the same question regarding stores opening on Sunday, liquor sales, polygamy, some types of gambling, child marriage, homosexual acts and more.

Isn't "good" vs. "bad" often a judgment based on religious views?

- Frank Krygowski


Frank, I think that you'd agree that my punching you in the mouth would be bad on your part and that you would hope that it is against my religious principles which it is. My problem is that from your comments you do not appear to have any principles beyond your own good. And that is pretty much the definition of atheist.
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On Wednesday, June 17, 2020 at 6:35:56 PM UTC-7, Steve Weeks wrote:
On Wednesday, June 17, 2020 at 3:31:20 PM UTC-5, wrote:

We're in complete agreement that the government is secular but it is not blind or is not suppose to be to religion or it would not be protected under the Constitution. But it is not being treated as protected but as forbidden.


The First Amendment "Establishment" and "Free Exercise" clauses mean that the government cannot advance one religion over another religion, or religion over non-religion. That's what a *secular* government is.

In 2005, Justice O’Connor, concurring with the majority’s conclusions in McCreary County v. ACLU, was more explicit:
“The Religion Clauses . . . protect adherents of all religions, as well as those who believe in no religion at all.†(https://www.atheists.org/legal/faq/first-amendment/)


Steve, I don't think that is what we're arguing here. What has occurred is that the merest mention of religion has been forbidden and that is more assuredly not what the framers intended. If I am a member of the government I have every right to exercise my religion and to openly tout it should I prefer. What other people think of that is another thing altogether.

Members of Congress BOWING DOWN AND SAYING THAT THEY WANT TO BE FORGIVEN FOR THEIR ACCEPTANCE OF SLAVERY when only a tiny portion of this country are related even distantly to the original founders of this country is shocking beyond belief. My Grandparents on my father's side came here in 1886. My race is Slav and that is where the word "Slave" came from. Some black telling me that I invented slavery is going to get a fist in his nose. My grandparent on the other side were Austrian Jew and Welsh/Irish. Both ALSO with a history of being slaves. I am not in the least unusual - the overwhelming majority of families in this country came here in the 1880's during the Industrial Revolution and that Black Live Matter want "repayment" for something that most of this country had absolutely nothing to do with is going to trigger another civil war and Black Lives Matter is not going to like the ending this time.
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Old June 19th 20, 12:02 AM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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On Thursday, June 18, 2020 at 8:56:56 AM UTC-7, AMuzi wrote:
On 6/17/2020 1:48 PM, jbeattie wrote:
On Wednesday, June 17, 2020 at 10:57:18 AM UTC-7, wrote:
On Wednesday, June 17, 2020 at 8:58:16 AM UTC-7, jbeattie wrote:
On Wednesday, June 17, 2020 at 7:58:07 AM UTC-7, wrote:
On Monday, June 15, 2020 at 3:08:05 PM UTC-7, Mark Cleary wrote:
On Saturday, May 30, 2020 at 11:52:55 PM UTC-5, Andy wrote:
It grieves me about all the violence occurring as the result of many police
activities resulting in the deaths of people in the U.S.

Killing of innocent people by police is evil.

Great though they may be, God actively restrains the test and temptations that come our way so that we will not experience anything greater than we can bear.
(see 1 Corinthians 10:13)

Fatal car and airplane accidents bring awful devastation, but statistically these are rare. On January 15, 2009, what should have brought certain death to passengers aboard Flight 1549, and catastrophe to Manhattan, turned into what secular reporters labeled a "miracle". The pilot, Chesley Sullenbeger, safely landed a crippled plane in New York's Hudson river, with no serious injuries.

While chunks of ice and busy ferries filled most of the river, the place where the plane came down remained clear of both ice and boats. It landed without breaking apart.

Ferryboat captains rescued all 155 people from the frigid river within minutes.

The New York Times suggested "more than luck" brought brought the plane down
mere minutes from experts trained in water rescues. Passengers who said they hadn't believed in God nevertheless prayed to him on the plane, then publicly thanked him for sparing their lives.

I tell this story to raise a question. Is it not likely that a kind and all powerful God routinely prevents terrible tragedies in ways that we do not see and therefore do not credit as miracles?

While the miracle of Flight 1549 appears to be the exception, not the rule, we cannot know about the most of the equally miraculous interventions of God that
may have invisibly prevented other tragedies. Perhaps one day we'll hear those stories and marvel at how God intervened when we imagined him uninvolved in our world.

I ask that you pray that people will realize that their Creator loves them.

Thanks,
Andy

Well being the Deacon ordain now 13 years I will pray regardless of what the others think. Seems to be a lot of folks these days who don't believe in a God or a higher power even. I tell you I have to keep pray as it relates to bikes because they are dangerous for sure at times and provide transportation. The world needs prayer and the Lord's assistance right now too.

I sometimes have been know in the very middle of ride to start praying a Hail Mary or Our Father. It to me is really an amazement that one cannot believe in the absolute truth and that it exist. Accidents just don't happen. Imagine you are out on a long ride 50 miles from anywhere and you have a broken chain and no spare. Surely because things just happen if wait long enough chain will simply manage to appear out of randomness. Like creation and the known exist "just happen."

I can't buy the logic but as it relates to bikes I still think you need plan ahead because is going to be along wait for the chain to show up.

Deacon Mark ( contemplating priesthood) oh my I have flipped.

The Democrat Party has been pushing the idea that there should be no religion in government. And yet this country was founded on the Christian religion even to the point where we have "In God We Trust" on our very money. "One Nation under God, with liberty and justice for all" seems to have been replaced with Black Lives Matter.

I think it far more likely that we are going to see a rebirth of Christianity than more Sodom and Gomorrah.

"In God We Trust" was added to US paper currency in 1956 during the Eisenhower administration, along with "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance. All this God stuff is of fairly recent origin, although it was on coins starting after the Civil War according to internet sources. The founding fathers oscillated on the issue, but clearly created a secular FEDERAL government. The colonies and then states were doing their own thing, many enforcing religion. https://gunculture2point0.wordpress....onial-america/ You'd totally dig colonial Virginia. Mandatory church attendance with your gun. There was more religious freedom by the early 1800s, which may account for all the odd-ball new protestant religions that sprang up about that time. Something to consider. I'm hoping for a rebirth of Zoroastrianism or maybe Hare Krishna for the easy DYI COVID-19 haircut.

-- Jay Beattie.

Was it recently as "We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain in alienable rights."?

"God who gave us life gave us liberty. Can the liberties of a nation be secure when we have removed a conviction that these liberties are the gift of God? Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just, that His justice cannot sleep forever." - Thomas Jefferson, Notes on the State of Virginia?

"The right to freedom being the gift of God Almighty, it is not in the power of man to alienate this gift and voluntarily become a slave." - Samuel Adams, The Rights of the Colonists, 1772?

"God's hand was on me. God protected me and kept me through the battle.." - George Washington

"In the Name of the most Holy and undivided Trinity." - Treaty of Paris (1783)

"With hearts fortified with these animating reflections, we most solemnly before God and the world Declare, that, exerting the utmost energy of those powers which our beneficent Creator hath graciously bestowed upon us, the arms we have been compelled by our enemies to assume, we will, in defiance of every hazard, with unabating firmness and perseverance, employ for the preservation of our liberties - being with one mind resolved to die FREEMEN rather than to live SLAVES." - Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms, July 5, 1775

Jay, it does not appear that you could make a very strong argument in a court of law. After WW II there was such an upwelling of religion that my father-in-law founded 26 churches himself and every one of them is still running. You have never seen a bad day in your life, one in which you had to wonder what you would have to say upon meeting your creator, so you can pretend he doesn't exist until that day.



Yes, religion was big in the colonial US, but my point is that the founding fathers created a secular federal government. Jefferson, your first cited author, was a Deist and did not believe Jesus was the son of God. Jefferson was the guy pushing for separation of church and state and was even called an infidel. I suppose the whole Sally Hemings thing wasn't too helpful for him either. Anyway, see: https://www.monticello.org/site/rese...igious-freedom

And note: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-C..._United_States The fouding fathers were not your friends, nor was your political party.

Your religious beliefs are no business of the government, and vice versa. I can just hear Muzi complaining about the Federal hymnal. "We're here to help you sing." "Let's all sing hymn 26 CFR Section 203.1(a)(iii)(B)(3), starting at clause six." Go to Saudi Arabia and get an idea of what a theocracy is like. You'd be screaming about the bike shops closing at noon prayer, which they must by law.

-- Jay Beattie.


It's messy and convoluted.
Yes the Declaration invokes rights from the Creator.
Yes many Founders and their pals (Thomas Paine comes readily
to mind) hated the Anglican Church tax.

Jefferson made his 'separation' comment in a private letter
after leaving office - there's nothing official about it.

I much agree that the last thing you should want is a
government sponsored religion- the Saud Kingdom is a great
example but hardly the only one.

Given all that, we've come to a crazy place where crowds of
looters are released without bail and people at church are
ticketed. It seems the Loonie Left now views all religion as
evil except for moslems and communists. I'm uncomfortable
with all the present national discussion and would much
rather talk about closing Departments, chopping budgets and
actually draining that swamp (which continues to grow like
T*psy under every administration)


Let's always keep in mind that while England started the Church of England so that the King could get a divorce most of western Europe was not at all happy with a church built upon a belief in Royalty with the Pope as King. All of the prelates in the church were royalty from the old Roman Empire and that sure didn't help matters.

Finally Christianity found a home on the very lowest levels with the common people denying any additional holiness to people simply because of their social status.
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On Thursday, June 18, 2020 at 9:58:05 AM UTC-7, jbeattie wrote:
On Thursday, June 18, 2020 at 8:35:20 AM UTC-7, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 6/17/2020 8:34 PM, jbeattie wrote:
On Wednesday, June 17, 2020 at 3:11:02 PM UTC-7, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 6/17/2020 2:48 PM, jbeattie wrote:
On Wednesday, June 17, 2020 at 10:57:18 AM UTC-7, wrote:

Was it recently as "We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain in alienable rights."?

"God who gave us life gave us liberty. Can the liberties of a nation be secure when we have removed a conviction that these liberties are the gift of God? Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just, that His justice cannot sleep forever." - Thomas Jefferson, Notes on the State of Virginia?

"The right to freedom being the gift of God Almighty, it is not in the power of man to alienate this gift and voluntarily become a slave." - Samuel Adams, The Rights of the Colonists, 1772?

"God's hand was on me. God protected me and kept me through the battle." - George Washington

"In the Name of the most Holy and undivided Trinity." - Treaty of Paris (1783)

"With hearts fortified with these animating reflections, we most solemnly before God and the world Declare, that, exerting the utmost energy of those powers which our beneficent Creator hath graciously bestowed upon us, the arms we have been compelled by our enemies to assume, we will, in defiance of every hazard, with unabating firmness and perseverance, employ for the preservation of our liberties - being with one mind resolved to die FREEMEN rather than to live SLAVES." - Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms, July 5, 1775

Jay, it does not appear that you could make a very strong argument in a court of law. After WW II there was such an upwelling of religion that my father-in-law founded 26 churches himself and every one of them is still running. You have never seen a bad day in your life, one in which you had to wonder what you would have to say upon meeting your creator, so you can pretend he doesn't exist until that day.


Yes, religion was big in the colonial US, but my point is that the founding fathers created a secular federal government. Jefferson, your first cited author, was a Deist and did not believe Jesus was the son of God. Jefferson was the guy pushing for separation of church and state and was even called an infidel.

Of course, there are various opinions about what Jefferson believed. You're correct about his thoughts on Jesus, but "Deist" currently implies some things he probably didn't accept. And then you have to account for his (like anyone's) changing beliefs over time.

I suppose the whole Sally Hemings thing wasn't too helpful for him either.

I doubt very much that we can ever understand what really went on there. Relationships are incredibly complex in modern times with modern mores.. They were no less complex back then.

Your religious beliefs are no business of the government, and vice versa.

OK, something I don't quite understand: Among many other "sins," the government defines murder as being its business. But as I understand it, there are religious sects that have condoned murder, or at least killing of certain individuals; and not just in easy cases like self defense. This has been true in at least some situations for at least some Christian, Islamic, Hindu and other sects or sub-sects.

But of course, there's disagreement. Most religions do not condone murder. Some oppose even capital punishment.

So if our government says "You can't murder people," isn't that adopting a certain religious viewpoint and disregarding another?

We could ask (or could have asked) the same question regarding stores opening on Sunday, liquor sales, polygamy, some types of gambling, child marriage, homosexual acts and more.

Isn't "good" vs. "bad" often a judgment based on religious views?

Yes, but that's not establishing religion or dictating how we worship -- or what we worship, at least not in the First Amendment sense. ... Most criminal laws fit with secular moral/ethical codes.


I think you're sidestepping the question. What's the source of the
secular moral/ethical codes?


--
- Frank Krygowski


Sidestepping even further, what's the source of religion -- and what is the source of religious prohibitions?

In large part, religion is just the executive branch -- the enforcement mechanism for a lot of social norms, or even worse, the whims of those in power. Do you think Yahweh really gave hygiene tips to Moses? Yahweh had a thing about bodily discharges: http://web.mit.edu/jywang/www/cef/Bi...till%20evening

You know, if I were Yahweh, I'd be more of a big picture guy and maybe delegate the whole hygiene thing to one of my subordinates.

Worshiping another god will get you the death penalty (Exodus/Deuteronomy). That, I think, would present a constitutional problem. Imagine getting pulled over and hauled off for worshiping another god. Sales for Black Sabbath t-shirts would go down the toilet.

Anyway, secular laws may track religious prohibitions, but that doesn't make them religious. They represent a consensus opinion that existed long before any modern religion.

According to the wonderful world of WIKI, "One of the oldest-known prohibitions against murder appears in the Sumerian Code of Ur-Nammu written sometime between 2100 and 2050 BC. The code states, "If a man commits a murder, that man must be killed." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder...e%20killed.%22

-- Jay Beattie.


I think that the Jews had something like 622 religious laws. Jesus reduced these to just two - Remember thy lord thy God and Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. That should be simple enough for even a lawyer to understand.
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On Thursday, June 18, 2020 at 10:46:04 AM UTC-7, Radey Shouman wrote:
Frank Krygowski writes:

On 6/17/2020 8:34 PM, jbeattie wrote:
On Wednesday, June 17, 2020 at 3:11:02 PM UTC-7, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 6/17/2020 2:48 PM, jbeattie wrote:
On Wednesday, June 17, 2020 at 10:57:18 AM UTC-7, wrote:

Was it recently as "We hold these truths to be self evident, that
all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator
with certain in alienable rights."?

"God who gave us life gave us liberty. Can the liberties of a
nation be secure when we have removed a conviction that these
liberties are the gift of God? Indeed I tremble for my country
when I reflect that God is just, that His justice cannot sleep
forever." - Thomas Jefferson, Notes on the State of Virginia?

"The right to freedom being the gift of God Almighty, it is not
in the power of man to alienate this gift and voluntarily become
a slave." - Samuel Adams, The Rights of the Colonists, 1772?

"God's hand was on me. God protected me and kept me through the
battle." - George Washington

"In the Name of the most Holy and undivided Trinity." - Treaty of
Paris (1783)

"With hearts fortified with these animating reflections, we most
solemnly before God and the world Declare, that, exerting the
utmost energy of those powers which our beneficent Creator hath
graciously bestowed upon us, the arms we have been compelled by
our enemies to assume, we will, in defiance of every hazard, with
unabating firmness and perseverance, employ for the preservation
of our liberties - being with one mind resolved to die FREEMEN
rather than to live SLAVES." - Declaration of the Causes and
Necessity of Taking Up Arms, July 5, 1775

Jay, it does not appear that you could make a very strong
argument in a court of law. After WW II there was such an
upwelling of religion that my father-in-law founded 26 churches
himself and every one of them is still running. You have never
seen a bad day in your life, one in which you had to wonder what
you would have to say upon meeting your creator, so you can
pretend he doesn't exist until that day.


Yes, religion was big in the colonial US, but my point is that the
founding fathers created a secular federal government. Jefferson,
your first cited author, was a Deist and did not believe Jesus was
the son of God. Jefferson was the guy pushing for separation of
church and state and was even called an infidel.

Of course, there are various opinions about what Jefferson
believed. You're correct about his thoughts on Jesus, but "Deist"
currently implies some things he probably didn't accept. And then
you have to account for his (like anyone's) changing beliefs over
time.

I suppose the whole Sally Hemings thing wasn't too helpful for him either.

I doubt very much that we can ever understand what really went on
there. Relationships are incredibly complex in modern times with
modern mores. They were no less complex back then.

Your religious beliefs are no business of the government, and vice versa.

OK, something I don't quite understand: Among many other "sins,"
the government defines murder as being its business. But as I
understand it, there are religious sects that have condoned murder,
or at least killing of certain individuals; and not just in easy
cases like self defense. This has been true in at least some
situations for at least some Christian, Islamic, Hindu and other
sects or sub-sects.

But of course, there's disagreement. Most religions do not condone
murder. Some oppose even capital punishment.

So if our government says "You can't murder people," isn't that
adopting a certain religious viewpoint and disregarding another?

We could ask (or could have asked) the same question regarding
stores opening on Sunday, liquor sales, polygamy, some types of
gambling, child marriage, homosexual acts and more.

Isn't "good" vs. "bad" often a judgment based on religious views?

Yes, but that's not establishing religion or dictating how we
worship -- or what we worship, at least not in the First Amendment
sense. ... Most criminal laws fit with secular moral/ethical codes.


I think you're sidestepping the question. What's the source of the
secular moral/ethical codes?


What's the source of any human behavior? Either it's God or it's not --
there is no reason to separate moral/ethical codes from anything else.


What makes you think it comes of God? He gave man free will. You are free to do either good or evil for either of which you will answer at the final judgement.
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On Thursday, June 18, 2020 at 3:05:52 PM UTC-7, jbeattie wrote:
On Thursday, June 18, 2020 at 10:46:04 AM UTC-7, Radey Shouman wrote:
Frank Krygowski writes:

On 6/17/2020 8:34 PM, jbeattie wrote:
On Wednesday, June 17, 2020 at 3:11:02 PM UTC-7, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 6/17/2020 2:48 PM, jbeattie wrote:
On Wednesday, June 17, 2020 at 10:57:18 AM UTC-7, wrote:

Was it recently as "We hold these truths to be self evident, that
all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator
with certain in alienable rights."?

"God who gave us life gave us liberty. Can the liberties of a
nation be secure when we have removed a conviction that these
liberties are the gift of God? Indeed I tremble for my country
when I reflect that God is just, that His justice cannot sleep
forever." - Thomas Jefferson, Notes on the State of Virginia?

"The right to freedom being the gift of God Almighty, it is not
in the power of man to alienate this gift and voluntarily become
a slave." - Samuel Adams, The Rights of the Colonists, 1772?

"God's hand was on me. God protected me and kept me through the
battle." - George Washington

"In the Name of the most Holy and undivided Trinity." - Treaty of
Paris (1783)

"With hearts fortified with these animating reflections, we most
solemnly before God and the world Declare, that, exerting the
utmost energy of those powers which our beneficent Creator hath
graciously bestowed upon us, the arms we have been compelled by
our enemies to assume, we will, in defiance of every hazard, with
unabating firmness and perseverance, employ for the preservation
of our liberties - being with one mind resolved to die FREEMEN
rather than to live SLAVES." - Declaration of the Causes and
Necessity of Taking Up Arms, July 5, 1775

Jay, it does not appear that you could make a very strong
argument in a court of law. After WW II there was such an
upwelling of religion that my father-in-law founded 26 churches
himself and every one of them is still running. You have never
seen a bad day in your life, one in which you had to wonder what
you would have to say upon meeting your creator, so you can
pretend he doesn't exist until that day.


Yes, religion was big in the colonial US, but my point is that the
founding fathers created a secular federal government. Jefferson,
your first cited author, was a Deist and did not believe Jesus was
the son of God. Jefferson was the guy pushing for separation of
church and state and was even called an infidel.

Of course, there are various opinions about what Jefferson
believed. You're correct about his thoughts on Jesus, but "Deist"
currently implies some things he probably didn't accept. And then
you have to account for his (like anyone's) changing beliefs over
time.

I suppose the whole Sally Hemings thing wasn't too helpful for him either.

I doubt very much that we can ever understand what really went on
there. Relationships are incredibly complex in modern times with
modern mores. They were no less complex back then.

Your religious beliefs are no business of the government, and vice versa.

OK, something I don't quite understand: Among many other "sins,"
the government defines murder as being its business. But as I
understand it, there are religious sects that have condoned murder,
or at least killing of certain individuals; and not just in easy
cases like self defense. This has been true in at least some
situations for at least some Christian, Islamic, Hindu and other
sects or sub-sects.

But of course, there's disagreement. Most religions do not condone
murder. Some oppose even capital punishment.

So if our government says "You can't murder people," isn't that
adopting a certain religious viewpoint and disregarding another?

We could ask (or could have asked) the same question regarding
stores opening on Sunday, liquor sales, polygamy, some types of
gambling, child marriage, homosexual acts and more.

Isn't "good" vs. "bad" often a judgment based on religious views?

Yes, but that's not establishing religion or dictating how we
worship -- or what we worship, at least not in the First Amendment
sense. ... Most criminal laws fit with secular moral/ethical codes.

I think you're sidestepping the question. What's the source of the
secular moral/ethical codes?


What's the source of any human behavior? Either it's God or it's not --
there is no reason to separate moral/ethical codes from anything else.


My head hurts. I'm going back to considering whether to grease my tapers.

-- Jay Beattie.


Or find someone else to grease them for you?
 




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