Democrats_win
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Tue Mar-07-06 02:17 PM
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South Dakota Taliban to destroy Mount Rushmore: graven images banned |
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Edited on Tue Mar-07-06 02:17 PM by Democrats_win
Recall that the Afghan Taliban destroyed ancient Buddhist statues carved into a mountain because any images are forbidden under Islam.
Christianity, has a similar ban. From the ten commandments:
Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth
Christians can't pick and choose which commandments to keep can they? Anyway, isn't the hypocrisy of the christian right amazing? Don't forget their embrace of usury either.
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Tue Mar-07-06 02:18 PM
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1. Did you have to remind them, dammit! |
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Tue Mar-07-06 02:19 PM
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2. actually, we do need to remind them. Shows the true nature of their |
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stupidity and moronic uber-belief-system.
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Tue Mar-07-06 02:23 PM
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6. But they're too dumb and too programmed to get the irony |
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They'll just go a break the images
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Tue Mar-07-06 02:25 PM
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7. yes, the ones in charge. But was is more important? |
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a nice tourist attraction (until they add Saint Ronnie's face to it) or the state of our nation?
If we make them get as extreme as they want to be, the continuing pressure of their own views will drive people back to normality.
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Tue Mar-07-06 09:31 PM
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18. It sounds good on paper, but they've gone pretty far already |
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Hmm...
Still undecided....
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Tue Mar-07-06 02:19 PM
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3. this nations laws do not come from the Bible |
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When is everyone going to learn this?!?!? :grr:
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Tue Mar-07-06 02:19 PM
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4. Modern Christianity is smorgasbord Christianity |
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Groups or churches pick and choose which parts of the bible they will use and worship. If it is not mentioned by the leaders of your sect or church, then it must not apply.
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Tue Mar-07-06 02:19 PM
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I am so sick of seeing Teddy Roosevelt's smug puss staring down at me.
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Tue Mar-07-06 03:01 PM
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Hell! What about Franklin? He was practically a commie!:grr:
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Tue Mar-07-06 03:02 PM
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15. Pretty sick of FDR mocking me every time I need a dime! nt |
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Tue Mar-07-06 02:31 PM
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8. You Know, Until You Posted the Wording |
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It had never struck me how broad the second commandment is. I always thought it was restricted to idols, but it looks like the Muslims are correct -- all statutes, pictures, and photos are banned.
And that's not the only commandment Christians repudiate. It applies to most of them. Maybe displaying the ten commandments in public would make that apparent.
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Tue Mar-07-06 02:42 PM
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12. yes, "images", that includes the Christ corpse-on-a-stick |
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but then again, getting a modern Christian to actually take the bible seriously is a waste of time. They just do what feels right and ignore the rest
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Tue Mar-07-06 03:12 PM
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16. Yeah, and here I was against displaying the commandments on public ground |
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when what that actually would accomplish is make their hypocrisy more apparent. Maybe I should rethink my position! ;)
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Tue Mar-07-06 04:29 PM
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17. Actually, the whole context of that verse |
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actually does narrow the focus to idols, "graven images" being man-made artifacts built with the intent to worship. Also such an exegesis fits in with the historical context, idol-worship being a characteristic of many groups of people at that time. But this too often will trip up a fundie, as historically-aware exegesis is not often one of their strong points. They're too woodenly literal in their approach, oblivious to the concepts of allegory, parable, and metaphor. Sad, that. At any rate, other translations do a little better at bringing out the meaning of the Hebrew.
The NIV is a bit clearer in the meanings in Exodus 20:
4 "You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. 5 You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, 6 but showing love to a thousand {generations} of those who love me and keep my commandments.
NASB:
4"(E)You shall not make for yourself an idol, or any likeness of what is in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the water under the earth.
Just an alternative POV to toss out there...
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Wed Mar-08-06 11:20 AM
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20. Maybe it is a Matter of Translation |
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Idolatry is certainly the context, and the term "graven image" would seem to refer to idols.
What stood out to me was the second part: "any likeness". That sounds more Muslim than Christian.
It is true that there's a long historical tradition in the West of confining that verse to prohibitions of idols. But in Islam, which was virtually founded on anti-idolatry, there's a long tradition of applying it more broadly.
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Tue Mar-07-06 02:31 PM
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9. are these the same ones who want sir(senile) ronnie up there? |
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Tue Mar-07-06 02:37 PM
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10. In America, only the Amish really practice Christianity. |
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And it can be argued that even they ignore some tenets of the faith. Still, ask a Bible thumping evangelical Baptist to live like an Amish person, and they'll look at you like you're insane.
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Tue Mar-07-06 02:39 PM
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11. the thought of that destruction still makes me sad. |
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Tue Mar-07-06 09:35 PM
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19. Nah, they'd piss off their followers. |
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They would have to get rid of all the angel and fish images they are so fond of.
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