[quote]DoubleDuce wrote:
To remove theism from our public life, you must remove “endowed by our creator” from the foundation of our system of government.
To do so would be devastating in practice.[/quote]
It has been removed, the destruction is running its course right now.
[quote]orion wrote:
[quote]DoubleDuce wrote:
To remove theism from our public life, you must remove “endowed by our creator” from the foundation of our system of government.
To do so would be devastating in practice.[/quote]
It has been removed, the destruction is running its course right now. [/quote]
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[quote]TooHuman wrote:
Nani? …
Impossibru![/quote]
Are you a “Manga” guy?
[quote]Gambit_Lost wrote:
[quote]TooHuman wrote:
Nani? …
Impossibru![/quote]
Are you a “Manga” guy? [/quote]
lol
You got me!
[quote]TooHuman wrote:
[quote]Gambit_Lost wrote:
[quote]TooHuman wrote:
Nani? …
Impossibru![/quote]
Are you a “Manga” guy? [/quote]
lol
You got me![/quote]
haha, I hadn’t thought “nani” had become part of normal English conversation.
[quote]orion wrote:
[quote]DoubleDuce wrote:
To remove theism from our public life, you must remove “endowed by our creator” from the foundation of our system of government.
To do so would be devastating in practice.[/quote]
It has been removed, the destruction is running its course right now. [/quote]Did I really just read this from you? It wasn’t just theism either bub. A few dozen of the delegates to the first constitutional convention, on everything that really matters, believed EXACTLY what I do. Yes, that is what made her rise. Everything depended on that. They would be aghast at what’s happened to their country AND the pathetic visible church.
[quote]Tiribulus wrote:
[quote]orion wrote:
[quote]DoubleDuce wrote:
To remove theism from our public life, you must remove “endowed by our creator” from the foundation of our system of government.
To do so would be devastating in practice.[/quote]
It has been removed, the destruction is running its course right now. [/quote]Did I really just read this from you? It wasn’t just theism either bub. A few dozen of the delegates to the first constitutional convention, on everything that really matters, believed EXACTLY what I do. Yes, that is what made her rise. Everything depended on that. They would be aghast at what’s happened to their country AND the pathetic visible church.
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I do not subscribe to the whole gay marriage, infidelity and whatnot is ruining this country thing, I think that concentration of power is really, really bad and that a strong church, or strong churches are a further safeguard against it.
Religious leaders from across Rhode Island came together Tuesday in a show of support for the teenage atheist who’s lawsuit forced the removal of a prayer banner from her Cranston high school.
About 18 clergy members from a number of faiths stood on the steps of the Edgewood Congregational Church in Cranston to call for an end to the verbal abuse and threats directed toward Jessica Ahlquist, 16, who has been the target of classmates, talk show callers and others unhappy with the federal court ruling that held a prayer banner at her Cranston High School West school must be removed.
“We come as faith leaders in good conscience to speak to all those who are intolerant, to please be intolerant, stop the verbal abuse, stop the threats,” said Reverend Matthew Kai, Pastor of the Tabernacle Baptist Church of Providence and the immediate past president of the Rhode Island State Council of Churches.
“We are not strangers coming from outside,” said Rev. Dr. Don Anderson, Executive Minister of the rhode Island State Council of Churches, and a 1966 graduate of Cranston High School West. “We love Rhode Island, we love Cranston, and we believe that the majority of people in this fair city want the hateful speech to stop.”
“Crucify her, crucify her, cry those who fear the future, and hold on to the past,” said Rev. Betsy Garland, President of the Rhode Island State Council of Churches and interim pastor of the Riverside Congregational Church, United Church of Christ. “Today, we are all Jessica Ahlquist.”
“It is Jessica today,” said Rev. Kai, “it could be me tomorrow.”
[quote]therajraj wrote:
Religious leaders from across Rhode Island came together Tuesday in a show of support for the teenage atheist who’s lawsuit forced the removal of a prayer banner from her Cranston high school.
About 18 clergy members from a number of faiths stood on the steps of the Edgewood Congregational Church in Cranston to call for an end to the verbal abuse and threats directed toward Jessica Ahlquist, 16, who has been the target of classmates, talk show callers and others unhappy with the federal court ruling that held a prayer banner at her Cranston High School West school must be removed.
“We come as faith leaders in good conscience to speak to all those who are intolerant, to please be intolerant, stop the verbal abuse, stop the threats,” said Reverend Matthew Kai, Pastor of the Tabernacle Baptist Church of Providence and the immediate past president of the Rhode Island State Council of Churches.
“We are not strangers coming from outside,” said Rev. Dr. Don Anderson, Executive Minister of the rhode Island State Council of Churches, and a 1966 graduate of Cranston High School West. “We love Rhode Island, we love Cranston, and we believe that the majority of people in this fair city want the hateful speech to stop.”
“Crucify her, crucify her, cry those who fear the future, and hold on to the past,” said Rev. Betsy Garland, President of the Rhode Island State Council of Churches and interim pastor of the Riverside Congregational Church, United Church of Christ. “Today, we are all Jessica Ahlquist.”
“It is Jessica today,” said Rev. Kai, “it could be me tomorrow.”
http://630wpro.com/article.asp?id=2379699[/quote]
Ironically, if the students had taken the banner to heart, they wouldn’t be tormenting the kid.
[quote]therajraj wrote:
Religious leaders from across Rhode Island came together Tuesday in a show of support for the teenage atheist who’s lawsuit forced the removal of a prayer banner from her Cranston high school.
About 18 clergy members from a number of faiths stood on the steps of the Edgewood Congregational Church in Cranston to call for an end to the verbal abuse and threats directed toward Jessica Ahlquist, 16, who has been the target of classmates, talk show callers and others unhappy with the federal court ruling that held a prayer banner at her Cranston High School West school must be removed.
“We come as faith leaders in good conscience to speak to all those who are intolerant, to please be intolerant, stop the verbal abuse, stop the threats,” said Reverend Matthew Kai, Pastor of the Tabernacle Baptist Church of Providence and the immediate past president of the Rhode Island State Council of Churches.
“We are not strangers coming from outside,” said Rev. Dr. Don Anderson, Executive Minister of the rhode Island State Council of Churches, and a 1966 graduate of Cranston High School West. “We love Rhode Island, we love Cranston, and we believe that the majority of people in this fair city want the hateful speech to stop.”
“Crucify her, crucify her, cry those who fear the future, and hold on to the past,” said Rev. Betsy Garland, President of the Rhode Island State Council of Churches and interim pastor of the Riverside Congregational Church, United Church of Christ. “Today, we are all Jessica Ahlquist.”
“It is Jessica today,” said Rev. Kai, “it could be me tomorrow.”
http://630wpro.com/article.asp?id=2379699
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Good for them. So, as a good will gesture, will she apologize about the banner?
[quote]Sloth wrote:
[quote]therajraj wrote:
Religious leaders from across Rhode Island came together Tuesday in a show of support for the teenage atheist who’s lawsuit forced the removal of a prayer banner from her Cranston high school.
About 18 clergy members from a number of faiths stood on the steps of the Edgewood Congregational Church in Cranston to call for an end to the verbal abuse and threats directed toward Jessica Ahlquist, 16, who has been the target of classmates, talk show callers and others unhappy with the federal court ruling that held a prayer banner at her Cranston High School West school must be removed.
“We come as faith leaders in good conscience to speak to all those who are intolerant, to please be intolerant, stop the verbal abuse, stop the threats,” said Reverend Matthew Kai, Pastor of the Tabernacle Baptist Church of Providence and the immediate past president of the Rhode Island State Council of Churches.
“We are not strangers coming from outside,” said Rev. Dr. Don Anderson, Executive Minister of the rhode Island State Council of Churches, and a 1966 graduate of Cranston High School West. “We love Rhode Island, we love Cranston, and we believe that the majority of people in this fair city want the hateful speech to stop.”
“Crucify her, crucify her, cry those who fear the future, and hold on to the past,” said Rev. Betsy Garland, President of the Rhode Island State Council of Churches and interim pastor of the Riverside Congregational Church, United Church of Christ. “Today, we are all Jessica Ahlquist.”
“It is Jessica today,” said Rev. Kai, “it could be me tomorrow.”
http://630wpro.com/article.asp?id=2379699
[/quote]
Good for them. So, as a good will gesture, will she apologize about the banner?
[/quote]
Apologize for what?
[quote]Makavali wrote:
[quote]Sloth wrote:
[quote]therajraj wrote:
Religious leaders from across Rhode Island came together Tuesday in a show of support for the teenage atheist who’s lawsuit forced the removal of a prayer banner from her Cranston high school.
About 18 clergy members from a number of faiths stood on the steps of the Edgewood Congregational Church in Cranston to call for an end to the verbal abuse and threats directed toward Jessica Ahlquist, 16, who has been the target of classmates, talk show callers and others unhappy with the federal court ruling that held a prayer banner at her Cranston High School West school must be removed.
“We come as faith leaders in good conscience to speak to all those who are intolerant, to please be intolerant, stop the verbal abuse, stop the threats,” said Reverend Matthew Kai, Pastor of the Tabernacle Baptist Church of Providence and the immediate past president of the Rhode Island State Council of Churches.
“We are not strangers coming from outside,” said Rev. Dr. Don Anderson, Executive Minister of the rhode Island State Council of Churches, and a 1966 graduate of Cranston High School West. “We love Rhode Island, we love Cranston, and we believe that the majority of people in this fair city want the hateful speech to stop.”
“Crucify her, crucify her, cry those who fear the future, and hold on to the past,” said Rev. Betsy Garland, President of the Rhode Island State Council of Churches and interim pastor of the Riverside Congregational Church, United Church of Christ. “Today, we are all Jessica Ahlquist.”
“It is Jessica today,” said Rev. Kai, “it could be me tomorrow.”
http://630wpro.com/article.asp?id=2379699
[/quote]
Good for them. So, as a good will gesture, will she apologize about the banner?
[/quote]
Apologize for what?[/quote]
For having a community’s banner, which had been there for some time, pulled down.
[quote]Sloth wrote:
[quote]Makavali wrote:
[quote]Sloth wrote:
[quote]therajraj wrote:
Religious leaders from across Rhode Island came together Tuesday in a show of support for the teenage atheist who’s lawsuit forced the removal of a prayer banner from her Cranston high school.
About 18 clergy members from a number of faiths stood on the steps of the Edgewood Congregational Church in Cranston to call for an end to the verbal abuse and threats directed toward Jessica Ahlquist, 16, who has been the target of classmates, talk show callers and others unhappy with the federal court ruling that held a prayer banner at her Cranston High School West school must be removed.
“We come as faith leaders in good conscience to speak to all those who are intolerant, to please be intolerant, stop the verbal abuse, stop the threats,” said Reverend Matthew Kai, Pastor of the Tabernacle Baptist Church of Providence and the immediate past president of the Rhode Island State Council of Churches.
“We are not strangers coming from outside,” said Rev. Dr. Don Anderson, Executive Minister of the rhode Island State Council of Churches, and a 1966 graduate of Cranston High School West. “We love Rhode Island, we love Cranston, and we believe that the majority of people in this fair city want the hateful speech to stop.”
“Crucify her, crucify her, cry those who fear the future, and hold on to the past,” said Rev. Betsy Garland, President of the Rhode Island State Council of Churches and interim pastor of the Riverside Congregational Church, United Church of Christ. “Today, we are all Jessica Ahlquist.”
“It is Jessica today,” said Rev. Kai, “it could be me tomorrow.”
http://630wpro.com/article.asp?id=2379699
[/quote]
Good for them. So, as a good will gesture, will she apologize about the banner?
[/quote]
Apologize for what?[/quote]
For having a community’s banner, which had been there for some time, pulled down.
[/quote]
Why didn’t they just move it?
[quote]Sloth wrote:
[quote]Makavali wrote:
[quote]Sloth wrote:
[quote]therajraj wrote:
Religious leaders from across Rhode Island came together Tuesday in a show of support for the teenage atheist who’s lawsuit forced the removal of a prayer banner from her Cranston high school.
About 18 clergy members from a number of faiths stood on the steps of the Edgewood Congregational Church in Cranston to call for an end to the verbal abuse and threats directed toward Jessica Ahlquist, 16, who has been the target of classmates, talk show callers and others unhappy with the federal court ruling that held a prayer banner at her Cranston High School West school must be removed.
“We come as faith leaders in good conscience to speak to all those who are intolerant, to please be intolerant, stop the verbal abuse, stop the threats,” said Reverend Matthew Kai, Pastor of the Tabernacle Baptist Church of Providence and the immediate past president of the Rhode Island State Council of Churches.
“We are not strangers coming from outside,” said Rev. Dr. Don Anderson, Executive Minister of the rhode Island State Council of Churches, and a 1966 graduate of Cranston High School West. “We love Rhode Island, we love Cranston, and we believe that the majority of people in this fair city want the hateful speech to stop.”
“Crucify her, crucify her, cry those who fear the future, and hold on to the past,” said Rev. Betsy Garland, President of the Rhode Island State Council of Churches and interim pastor of the Riverside Congregational Church, United Church of Christ. “Today, we are all Jessica Ahlquist.”
“It is Jessica today,” said Rev. Kai, “it could be me tomorrow.”
http://630wpro.com/article.asp?id=2379699
[/quote]
Good for them. So, as a good will gesture, will she apologize about the banner?
[/quote]
Apologize for what?[/quote]
For having a community’s banner, which had been there for some time, pulled down.
[/quote]
This would imply she thought she was doing something wrong in the first place.
[quote]therajraj wrote:
[quote]Sloth wrote:
[quote]Makavali wrote:
[quote]Sloth wrote:
[quote]therajraj wrote:
Religious leaders from across Rhode Island came together Tuesday in a show of support for the teenage atheist who’s lawsuit forced the removal of a prayer banner from her Cranston high school.
About 18 clergy members from a number of faiths stood on the steps of the Edgewood Congregational Church in Cranston to call for an end to the verbal abuse and threats directed toward Jessica Ahlquist, 16, who has been the target of classmates, talk show callers and others unhappy with the federal court ruling that held a prayer banner at her Cranston High School West school must be removed.
“We come as faith leaders in good conscience to speak to all those who are intolerant, to please be intolerant, stop the verbal abuse, stop the threats,” said Reverend Matthew Kai, Pastor of the Tabernacle Baptist Church of Providence and the immediate past president of the Rhode Island State Council of Churches.
“We are not strangers coming from outside,” said Rev. Dr. Don Anderson, Executive Minister of the rhode Island State Council of Churches, and a 1966 graduate of Cranston High School West. “We love Rhode Island, we love Cranston, and we believe that the majority of people in this fair city want the hateful speech to stop.”
“Crucify her, crucify her, cry those who fear the future, and hold on to the past,” said Rev. Betsy Garland, President of the Rhode Island State Council of Churches and interim pastor of the Riverside Congregational Church, United Church of Christ. “Today, we are all Jessica Ahlquist.”
“It is Jessica today,” said Rev. Kai, “it could be me tomorrow.”
http://630wpro.com/article.asp?id=2379699
[/quote]
Good for them. So, as a good will gesture, will she apologize about the banner?
[/quote]
Apologize for what?[/quote]
For having a community’s banner, which had been there for some time, pulled down.
[/quote]
That would imply she thought she was doing something wrong in the first place.[/quote]
Yes, perhaps I expected too much. But, good on the Christian folks and the community for trying to defuse any threats.
[quote]Makavali wrote:
[quote]Sloth wrote:
[quote]Makavali wrote:
[quote]Sloth wrote:
[quote]therajraj wrote:
Religious leaders from across Rhode Island came together Tuesday in a show of support for the teenage atheist who’s lawsuit forced the removal of a prayer banner from her Cranston high school.
About 18 clergy members from a number of faiths stood on the steps of the Edgewood Congregational Church in Cranston to call for an end to the verbal abuse and threats directed toward Jessica Ahlquist, 16, who has been the target of classmates, talk show callers and others unhappy with the federal court ruling that held a prayer banner at her Cranston High School West school must be removed.
“We come as faith leaders in good conscience to speak to all those who are intolerant, to please be intolerant, stop the verbal abuse, stop the threats,” said Reverend Matthew Kai, Pastor of the Tabernacle Baptist Church of Providence and the immediate past president of the Rhode Island State Council of Churches.
“We are not strangers coming from outside,” said Rev. Dr. Don Anderson, Executive Minister of the rhode Island State Council of Churches, and a 1966 graduate of Cranston High School West. “We love Rhode Island, we love Cranston, and we believe that the majority of people in this fair city want the hateful speech to stop.”
“Crucify her, crucify her, cry those who fear the future, and hold on to the past,” said Rev. Betsy Garland, President of the Rhode Island State Council of Churches and interim pastor of the Riverside Congregational Church, United Church of Christ. “Today, we are all Jessica Ahlquist.”
“It is Jessica today,” said Rev. Kai, “it could be me tomorrow.”
http://630wpro.com/article.asp?id=2379699
[/quote]
Good for them. So, as a good will gesture, will she apologize about the banner?
[/quote]
Apologize for what?[/quote]
For having a community’s banner, which had been there for some time, pulled down.
[/quote]
Why didn’t they just move it?[/quote]
I’d assume because it wasn’t a fire hazard or any such thing.
[quote]Sloth wrote:
But, good on the Christian folks and the community for trying to defuse any threats.
[/quote]
Yep, that’s why I posted it. Give praise when it’s due.
Even when it’s the side you seldom agree with.