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Friday, December 5, 2008
Thursday, December 4, 2008
Anger Over Washington's Atheism Display In State Capitol Building
The video does not include the fact that a Hanukah menorah can also be found in the capitol building. There is a clear difference between the "holiday tree," nativity scene, or menorah and the atheist sign. The religious symbols are meant to celebrate specific religous holidays. The atheist placard serves the sole purpose of offending and demeaning religion. It does not celebrate anything and it is certainly not seasonal in any way. The atheist sign declares, in part: “There are no gods, no devils, no heaven or hell. There is only our natural world. Religion is but myth and superstition that hardens hearts and enslaves minds.” George Washington would disagree with the sign gracing the halls of the the State of Washington's capitol building. George Washington declared that "reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle."
But if athiest signs is what it takes to allow for religous holiday symbols, then so be it.
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Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Answering Thomas Friedman's Question: "What Can We Expect From Pakistan And The Wider Muslim World After Mumbai?"
Thomas Friedman wrote the following in a New York Times opinion piece:
"On Feb. 6, 2006, three Pakistanis died in Peshawar and Lahore during violent street protests against Danish cartoons that had satirized the Prophet Muhammad. More such mass protests followed weeks later. When Pakistanis and other Muslims are willing to take to the streets, even suffer death, to protest an insulting cartoon published in Denmark, is it fair to ask: Who in the Muslim world, who in Pakistan, is ready to take to the streets to protest the mass murders of real people, not cartoon characters, right next door in Mumbai? After all, if 10 young Indians from a splinter wing of the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party traveled by boat to Pakistan, shot up two hotels in Karachi and the central train station, killed at least 173 people, and then, for good measure, murdered the imam and his wife at a Saudi-financed mosque while they were cradling their 2-year-old son — purely because they were Sunni Muslims — where would we be today? The entire Muslim world would be aflame and in the streets. So what can we expect from Pakistan and the wider Muslim world after Mumbai?"
The following link provides an answer to Thomas Friedman's question. Be sure to watch the full video:
http://www.mediascrape.com/News/ViewNewsItem.aspx?rootVideoPanelType=1&newsItemId=44951"
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Hollywood Stars Make Musical Mocking Supporters Of Proposition 8 And Religion
Interestingly, the musical does not contain any verses or scenes about the blacklists against those who supported Prop 8, about people having to resign from their jobs because they supported Prop 8, or about the targeting of Mormons. See more Jack Black videos at Funny or Die
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Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Senator Jim DeMint: New Capitol Visitor Center Omits "The History Of Faith" And Has Displays That Are "Left-Leaning And...Distort Our True History"
Here is the Republican Senator from South Carolina's full statement:
“The Capitol Visitor Center is designed to tell the history and purpose of our nation's Capitol, but it fails to appropriately honor our religious heritage that has been critical to America’s success. While the Architect of the Capitol has pledged to include some references to faith, more needs to be done. You cannot accurately tell the history of America or its Capitol by ignoring the religious heritage of our Founders and the generations since who relied on their faith for strength and guidance. The millions of visitors that will visit the CVC each year should get a true portrayal of the motivations and inspirations of those who have served in Congress since its establishment.
“The current CVC displays are left-leaning and in some cases distort our true history. Exhibits portray the federal government as the fulfillment of human ambition and the answer to all of society’s problems. This is a clear departure from acknowledging that Americans’ rights ‘are endowed by their Creator’ and stem from ‘a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence.’ Instead, the CVC’s most prominent display proclaims faith not in God, but in government. Visitors will enter reading a large engraving that states, ‘We have built no temple but the Capitol. We consult no common oracle but the Constitution.’ This is an intentional misrepresentation of our nation’s real history, and an offensive refusal to honor America's God-given blessings. As George Washington stated clearly in his first inaugural address:
‘…[I]t would be peculiarly improper to omit in this first official Act, my fervent supplications to that Almighty Being who rules over the Universe, who presides in the Councils of Nations, and whose providential aids can supply every human defect, that his benediction may consecrate to the liberties and happiness of the People of the United States, a Government instituted by themselves for these essential purposes: and may enable every instrument employed in its administration to execute with success, the functions allotted to his charge.’
“The fundamental principles of the freedom we enjoy in this country stem from our Founding Fathers’ beliefs in a higher power, beliefs put forth in the Declaration of Independence and manifest throughout our Constitution. If we cease to acknowledge this fact, we may cease to enjoy some of the freedoms we take for granted. We must not censor historical references to God for the sake of political correctness. And we must truthfully represent the limited form of government the Constitution lays out so that our ‘government of the people, by the people, and for the people, shall not perish from the earth.’ So help us God.”
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