Posted on 11/25/2009 10:15:23 AM PST by GodGunsGuts
For the record, this post is being posted in News/Activism by the express permission of Jim Robinson, founder and owner of Free Republic:
“Debate on church doctrine and or threads on specific religious matters may be best posted in the religion forum, but the defense of religious freedom, especially against those who wish to deprive us of same belongs front and center on FR.
They banned God and prayer and creationism from public schools and public places, but I’ll be damned if they’re gonna ban Him or it from FR!”
—Jim Robinson
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2203455/posts?page=78#78
The TRUTH scares them.
Darwin and evolution are a farce. The problem is their “faith” in them has become a “religion”. Evolution and Darwin define life down. It is one of the reasons life is viewed as cheap. Human life is viewed as road kill and no big deal.
The TRUTH does more than scare, it offends them. It has the audacity to tell them they are wrong. Oh the huge manatee.
As with global warming, so with evolution. Science will be a lot better off when it’s back in the hands of scientists, instead of being in the hands of ideo-political hacks who also happen to have science degrees.
The TRUTH does more than scare, it offends them. It has the audacity to tell them they are wrong. Oh the huge manatee.
Prov.8:13
[13] The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.
Prov.11:2
[2] When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom.
Prov.16:18
[18] Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
The Bible sure knows the human nature of the evil ones.
Amen to that!!!
PS Are you saying that the notion that scientists are impartial and apolitical is a farce? Are you saying that it is time for the American people to start questioning their motives, as well as their science? Have you no descency, sir!
And scare them it should!
Mythsonian...I can’t say it has a nice ring to it, but it certainly has the ring of the cold, hard truth.
All, do not assume this is legitimate news or that Jim Robinson endorses the content. This is NOT about the defense of religious freedom, it is about the doctrine of certain churches, which is outside the purview of JR's statement.
(note: no one should be surprised that Less (GGG) has taken the same liberties with the statements and positions of FR's founder as he has with both Scripture and science.)
It's the only thing they understand.
Wow. You know what JR is thinking and are speaking for him?
On whose authority? Did he appoint you to act as his spokesperson? Or are you just reading his mind and letting us know what he's transmitting to you?
Got any links to back that up?
tell us, why isn't news of a lawsuit legitimate news?
Should we then consider all news of lawsuits not legitimate news?
I actually read what JR posted. The meaning is quite clear. If you want to discuss issues of faith, creation, and those dirty evos then the religion forum is for you. If you want to discuss assaults on religious freedom then news and activism is the right place.
Who appointed you anything either?
Because suits of this nature are frivilous.
"On March 23, 2009, the Supreme Court denied certiorari without comment to Caldwell v. Caldwell, which challenged the constitutionality of the Understanding Evolution website — a joint project of the University of California Museum of Paleontology and the National Center for Science Education. The San Francisco Chronicle (March 23, 2009) reports, “One page on Cal’s 840-page ‘Understanding Evolution’ web site says Darwinism can be compatible with religion. The four-year-old suit by Jeanne Caldwell said the government-funded web site contradicts her religious belief about the incompatibility of religion and Darwinism and amounts to a state position on religious doctrine that violates the Constitutional separation of church and state.” Caldwell filed suit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California in 2005. But her suit was dismissed in 2006 because she failed to allege that she had federal taxpayer standing, failed to sufficiently allege state taxpayer standing, and failed to establish that she suffered a concrete “injury in fact.” When she appealed the decision, the appellate court’s decision concluded, “Accordingly, we believe there is too slight a connection between Caldwell’s generalized grievance, and the government conduct about which she complains, to sustain her standing to proceed.” Reacting to the Supreme Court’s decision not to hear the case, a lawyer for the University of California told the Chronicle, “We believe the lower court rulings were correct, and we’re glad this ends the matter.”"
As a Christian I am alarmed by any attempt by any faith, including my own, to attempt to convert public resources to the perpetuation of anything remotely theological. Once precedent is set, there would be no prohibition of utilizing my tax dollars to promote Islamic, Hindu, Buddhist, Jewish, Wiccan, Mormon, Satanic, or Pagan theology.
You agree the Center shouldn't be allowed to discriminate against a film just because they may not like its viewpoint, don't you?
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