Staff Writer, DL Mullan
Separation between Church and State
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Well, what's left of it.
Separation between Church and State
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Well, what's left of it.
The United
States of America was founded on solid
principles of freedoms and rights. In the last 240 years, Americans have been
pulled away from this foundation through lies and manipulation. Today, our
Republic transformed into a democracy and now is an oligarchy.
A few Americans have taken up the mantle to return the
pendulum to the other direction: back to a Republic. In this fight against a
worldwide regime called Globalism, the people are standing up against tyranny.
Here in the states, our fight has turned from Truth, Justice, and the American Way and
into an unwavering theocracy.
A theocracy is a country that is ruled by religious leaders.
Does that sound like Americans are being directed back to our founding
principles of individual freedoms and rights? When we have politicians in
congressional seats, governorships, or even on school boards directing our lives
in accordance with their religious belief system instead of following the laws,
we do not have a Republic.
And, you cannot have it both ways.
We have politicians acting in the role of religious leaders
who are taking away rights from the People, demonizing medical procedures,
preferring one gender over another, and pushing one religion over everybody
else.
Houston, we have a problem. Or
should I say: Austin?
We have an alternative media that is chalk full of religious
zealots that support these political maneuvers. God, this! Jesus, that! To
convince listeners, readers, and fandom that if GOD is not placed back into
politics and the public sphere that they are all going to hell! The demons will
win!
What a bunch of crapola.
Evil happens when good men sit and do nothing. We have a
whole bunch of do nothings in this nation. Only the brave are standing up
against the Global takeover of the People’s resources and wealth.
God has nothing to do with it. God is the creation of the
elite power structure to keep you all slaves. Mental slaves. Emotional slaves.
Financial slaves.
I am wrong? Let’s talk this out… So Jesus came to Earth but
there is hardly a record of him in ancient times to corroborate the Bible. If
he was so groundbreaking wouldn’t everyone be writing about him, good or bad?
The first stories of him were written decades after his supposed disappearance and
in Greek, not in Aramaic. The Council of Nicea to formulate this newfound power base,
I mean religion, did not convene until about 300 years later. Anyone who
questioned or argued that Jesus was not divine was excommunicated or killed.
The Bible was then created and we are not sure about where these texts derived
from or who actually wrote them. Many texts are hidden in the bowels of the Vatican like
many ancient manuscripts. Since then the Bible has been rewritten over 200
times. Women are often demonized in Biblical stories and/or made subservient to
men.
Do I have that all straight?
When you add comparative mythology/religion into the mix you
discover that older religions were stuffed into the Jesus story. The Bible is
not original. The Bible steals from other cultures.
That is nothing new. Christians have been stealing pagan
traditions for hundreds and hundreds of years. Christmas tree, anyone?
Then the New World was opened up to the peoples of Europe. Tired of the wars between feuding and feudal
kings and lords as well as the tyranny of the Catholic Church, people moved
away from that system.
Only to set up the exact same oppressive system here!
The Founding Fathers of the United States did not intend for
any one religion to reign supreme in this new nation. As a nation that has
people, cultures, religions, music and food from around the globe, we can never
say we are for only one religion. It is impossible and frankly quite dishonest.
Why the United
States of America is a Republic:
There’s a reason why the American founders created
a republic, and not a democracy. Republics are the best form of government for
protecting the individual from the tyranny of the majority. And there most
certainly is a tyranny of the majority that always manifests in democratic
style systems.
Here’s how it works: in democratic or republican
systems, there is a kind of majority rule. In democracies, the 51% rules over
the 49% and has total control. The 51% can do whatever it wants, because in
democracies there are not structures in place to protect individual rights.
If 51% vote to steal your bike, you are without a
bike. If 51% vote to kill you, you are out of a life. It does not matter if it
is right or not, what the majority says is what happens.
A republic is different though, and it operates for
the protection of the individual against the majority when they get out of
control. It is very important to protect the rights of the individual in a
political system, for that is how governments are limited in their power and
scope.
Yet we have a religious caste who have separated themselves
from the rest of America
and voted in their like minded politicians to create this terrible imbalance. Due
process has been replaced by bullying the People with Problem Reaction Solution:
- Abortion laws to take away individual rights from women.
- Drug testing laws to take away individual rights to the Fifth Amendment.
- Laws that safeguard polluting corporations and neglectful employers against the health and safety of workers.
- And, even laws to limit or take away social benefits from individuals even though the religious caste of politicians have moved all our industry and jobs to foreign shores, made higher education too expensive, and created wars to send young people to fight instead of maintain the infrastructure of our own country.
So the religious leaders masquerading as politicians have
created poverty, destruction, and the murder of millions and millions of
children with their righteous policies of war and conquest.
In this sense, religion has been used to overthrow the very
foundations of our government. Treason comes in all forms: Globalism… and right
is might. In 1776, our Founding Fathers threw off the yoke of religious based
government. The divine right of kings was over.
Yet we have alternative media outlets screaming and yelling
about abortion and how their religion is going to fix women… real good.
No abortion. No birth control… next women will have to
sacrifice more of their rights for this man made religious cult. Then we won’t
be able to own property, have a vote, or be educated at all.
What was that quote from Malala Yousafzai:
"The extremists were and they
are afraid of books and pens, the power of education frightens them,"
Malala said. "They are afraid of women, the power of the voice of women
frightens them…”
We have that patriarchal fear in this country too.
The patriarchy is not dead. Patriarchy is when a family,
group, or government is controlled by a man or a group of men. When men can do
the same acts as women but women are scorned, given the blame, and yet men take
none of the responsibility, then you have a patriarchy.
And I did not have to pour pig’s blood all over me in a vain
attempt at menstrual reverie and call it art to do it either. I just looked up
the definition in the dictionary. Drama queen not included.
If the religious right in this country really wanted to stop
most abortions they could, right now, today. They could do it by following
their own religious edicts and not by taking away anyone’s individual rights to
do it.
Here’s how men could turn abortion around:
- Abstain from sex, period
- Do not have sex unless you and your mate want to create a zygote
- If you have sex against your religious beliefs no matter if it is with a prostitute, one night stand, girlfriend, or wife, a condom must be used at all times
- After you and your mate are done having children: have a vasectomy
- When you get diagnosed with Erectile Dysfunction, refuse the little blue pill
In accordance with the conservative views on sex, marriage,
and abortion, all men in this group should be adhering to the above rules. Men
need to take responsibility for their actions and stop laying it at the feet of
women.
If you aren’t abiding by your own religious mandates. then
you cannot take the moral high ground on any type of reproductive procedure. A
zygote is created with a sperm and an egg… a woman cannot have a child on her
own. You are one half of your own problem.
Get a clue.
Conservative mandates
and our Republican form of government do not mesh. Religious versus individual
rights. In a Republic, an individual’s rights trump religious dogma. But the
conservative values are to nullify individual rights and have been trashing our
Bill of Rights on a regular basis:
- Blanket law enforcement laws and militarizing police
- Blanket intelligence laws; mass spying
- Illegally invading sovereign countries; regime change
- Drug testing for employees and food stamp recipients
So much for compassionate conservatives.
But today is about setting the record straight. The United States of America
is not a conservative country. It is not a religious country. We are supposed
to be a Republic, for which it stands, one nation, indivisible, with liberty and
justice for all.
The god reference was taken out because it was placed in
during the red scare of communism. It is not original to our pledge. So I leave
it out because it is religious propaganda and against our founding principles.
A nation under One GOD, a candidate said… here’s what our
Founders had to say about that:
1. “If I could conceive that the
general government might ever be so administered as to render the liberty of
conscience insecure, I beg you will be persuaded, that no one would be more
zealous than myself to establish effectual barriers against the horrors of
spiritual tyranny, and every species of religious persecution.”
~Founding Father George Washington, letter to the United Baptist Chamber of Virginia, May 1789
~Founding Father George Washington, letter to the United Baptist Chamber of Virginia, May 1789
2. “Of all the animosities which
have existed among mankind, those which are caused by a difference of
sentiments in religion appear to be the most inveterate and distressing, and
ought to be deprecated. I was in hopes that the enlightened and liberal policy,
which has marked the present age, would at least have reconciled Christians of
every denomination so far that we should never again see the religious disputes
carried to such a pitch as to endanger the peace of society.”
~Founding Father George Washington, letter to Edward Newenham, October 20, 1792
3. “We have abundant reason to rejoice that in this Land the light of truth and reason has triumphed over the power of bigotry and superstition… In this enlightened Age and in this Land of equal liberty it is our boast, that a man’s religious tenets will not forfeit the protection of the Laws, nor deprive him of the right of attaining and holding the highest Offices that are known in the United States.”
~Founding Father George Washington, letter to the members of the New Church in Baltimore, January 27, 1793
~Founding Father George Washington, letter to Edward Newenham, October 20, 1792
3. “We have abundant reason to rejoice that in this Land the light of truth and reason has triumphed over the power of bigotry and superstition… In this enlightened Age and in this Land of equal liberty it is our boast, that a man’s religious tenets will not forfeit the protection of the Laws, nor deprive him of the right of attaining and holding the highest Offices that are known in the United States.”
~Founding Father George Washington, letter to the members of the New Church in Baltimore, January 27, 1793
4. “The United States of America
have exhibited, perhaps, the first example of governments erected on the simple
principles of nature; and if men are now sufficiently enlightened to disabuse
themselves of artifice, imposture, hypocrisy, and superstition, they will
consider this event as an era in their history. Although the detail of the
formation of the American governments is at present little known or regarded
either in Europe or in America,
it may hereafter become an object of curiosity. It will never be pretended that
any persons employed in that service had interviews with the gods, or were in
any degree under the influence of Heaven, more than those at work upon ships or
houses, or laboring in merchandise or agriculture; it will forever be acknowledged
that these governments were contrived merely by the use of reason and the
senses.”
~John Adams, “A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America” 1787-1788
~John Adams, “A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America” 1787-1788
5. “The Government of the United States of America
is not in any sense founded on the Christian religion.”
~1797 Treaty of Tripoli signed by Founding Father John Adams
~1797 Treaty of Tripoli signed by Founding Father John Adams
6. “Thirteen governments [of the
original states] thus founded on the natural authority of the people alone,
without a pretence of miracle or mystery, and which are destined to spread over
the northern part of that whole quarter of the globe, are a great point gained
in favor of the rights of mankind.”
~Founding Father John Adams, “A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America” (1787-88)
~Founding Father John Adams, “A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America” (1787-88)
7. “We should begin by setting
conscience free. When all men of all religions shall enjoy equal liberty,
property, and an equal chance for honors and power we may expect that
improvements will be made in the human character and the state of society.”
~Founding FatherJohn Adams, letter to Dr. Price, April 8, 1785
~Founding FatherJohn Adams, letter to Dr. Price, April 8, 1785
8. “I contemplate with sovereign
reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their
legislature should make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or
prohibit the free exercise thereof, thus building a wall of separation between
church and state.”
~Founding Father Thomas Jefferson, letter to the Baptists of Danbury, Connecticut, 1802
~Founding Father Thomas Jefferson, letter to the Baptists of Danbury, Connecticut, 1802
9. “In every country and in every
age, the priest has been hostile to liberty. He is always in alliance with the
despot, abetting his abuses in return for protection to his own. It is error
alone that needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.”
~Founding Father Thomas Jefferson, in a letter to Horatio Spofford, 1814
~Founding Father Thomas Jefferson, in a letter to Horatio Spofford, 1814
10. “Question with boldness even
the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the
homage of reason, then that of blindfolded fear.”
~Founding Father Thomas Jefferson, letter to Peter Carr, August 10, 1787
~Founding Father Thomas Jefferson, letter to Peter Carr, August 10, 1787
11. “I am for freedom of religion
and against all maneuvers to bring about a legal ascendancy of one sect over
another.”
~Founding Father Thomas Jefferson, letter to Elbridge Gerry, January 26, 1799
~Founding Father Thomas Jefferson, letter to Elbridge Gerry, January 26, 1799
So the next time you want to throw the Constitution and Bill
of Rights under the bus of the religious fervor, then you better get your facts
straight.
The alternative right, right, conservative base,
Christianity, and whatever else extreme views are out there to undermine the
Republic, remember that the Founding Fathers are NOT on your side. You stand
against the Republic when you lecture and promote your religion over American
values and individual rights, if you agree with them or not… it is not for you
to say.
From the Center, just one step to the Left… where common
sense apparently still lives.
