Posted on 05/19/2004 8:58:20 AM PDT by Egregious Philbin
Hmmm, I wonder if the Texans will apply this to the Religion of Peace® a/k/a Mohammedism.
Oh this going to get real interesting....and real ugly
No, they were Congregationalists.
Huh? So they wouldn't have cared that the "new" church doesn't believe?
I was just reading something and remembered this post. I didn't have time to study it then, and don't now, but thought you might find the following interesting. I was speed-reading through it [i.e., meaning I have to come back later when I have more time to get the full gist of it all], and have sped through a couple of the links to where I am now reading that the Supreme Court has declared Secular Humanism a religion, and also learned that when you take an oath that ends with 'So help me God', that you are publicly professing that you are not a Christian. Scroll down the page to read about the early beliefs of the Unitarians vs. the later. The website is hosted by a man who couldn't become an attorney because he refused to take such an oath that would put him in conflict with his faith.
An article entitled 'Were the founding fathers Deists....'
http://members.aol.com/TestOath/deism.htm
I'd flag some of the others on this thread, but my windows are maxed out, and I'm typing over the thread. Sorry!
fyi
The US Supreme Court will have a lot of fun with this one.
It reminds of the state unemployment agency that denied benefits to a Jehovah's Witness fired after refusing work in a munition factory, even though other Jehovah's Witnesses worked there.
The state unemployment agency said that it was a personal matter, not a religious matter, because Jehovah's Witnesses did not have a prohibition against working at munition factories.
The US Supreme Court overruled the state unemployment agency, saying that the individual conscience is supreme, and individual church members are free to pick and choose their own beliefs.
Update: Secular Humanism is a religion for free exercise clause purposes and not a religion for establishment clause purposes. Weird double standard which allows humanism [evolution, state as god, homosexuality and gay marriage is great, etc.] in school. Distribution of candy canes with Bible verses in school not good.
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