Any thoughts on the Creation Museum?

[Copper Scroll]

you're not even in the faith, your only "brothers" are those who hate God's Word and treat it wth contempt

This comment should go in that thread about why young people are leaving the church.

[Copper Scroll]

that kind of mocking derision would be met with swift judgment in OT times...if you hate AIG that much, just keep it to yourself, I'm not going to put up with it, they are MY brothers

* thanks the founders for the separation between church and state *

There isn't any hate in any of my posts. That's ridiculous. I suspect that you use such extreme language in misguided attempt to convince yourself of your own extremely absurd views in the face of well-reasoned argumentation... which you ironically call "futile". Despite their "futility", you never fail to answer them with more venomous vilification peppered with extreme language. I have read no one's posts on this subforum more purposefully adversarial than yours.

[cwcrenshaw]

* thanks the founders for the separation between church and state *

There isn't any hate in any of my posts. That's ridiculous. I suspect that you use such extreme language in misguided attempt to convince yourself of your own extremely absurd views in the face of well-reasoned argumentation... which you ironically call "futile". Despite their "futility", you never fail to answer them with more venomous vilification peppered with extreme language. I have read no one's posts on this subforum more purposefully adversarial than yours.

Seconded.

[cwcrenshaw]

and I second that you reject God's Word in Genesis, to your own loss...but you aren't alone

I completely agree

[cwcrenshaw]

yet another oft-parroted myth!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Tripoli

article 11: "As the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion; as it has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion, or tranquillity, of Mussulmen; and, as the said States never entered into any war, or act of hostility against any Mahometan nation, it is declared by the parties, that no pretext arising from religious opinions, shall ever produce an interruption of the harmony existing between the two countries."

that is of course if you need further explanation of article 1 of the bill of rights..which i find to be pretty self-explanatory:

"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof."

Edited October 15, 2007 by cwcrenshaw

[cwcrenshaw]

Treaty of Tripoli? lol

constitution? lol

[cwcrenshaw]

the point is it's not in the constitution, contrary to what many liberals incessantly parrot

its only in the very first article of the very first amendment to the constitution.

what part of "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof" do you not understand? It is obvious that the forefathers intended a seperation between church and state. They wanted them to be mutually exclusive. How you do not understand that is beyond me.

Edited October 15, 2007 by cwcrenshaw

[cwcrenshaw]

what don't you understand? that clause was to protect religious freedom, not to protect atheists from religion!

In summary, the First Amendment says more about federalism than religious freedom. In other words, the purpose of the First Amendment was to declare that the federal government had absolutely no jurisdiction in matters of religion

you've contradicted yourself in a single post, not an easy feat. Religious freedom means freedom for anyone to believe what they want....even if that means not believing. Religious freedom does not mean you have the freedom of religion as long you have religion. The part you bolded in the article is exactly right, the federal government has absolutely no jurisdiction in matters of religion...hence the seperation of church and state.

[cwcrenshaw]

anyway, the Constitution is off-topic...start another thread in another sub-forum if you wish to continue, I'm sure this subject has been debated many times

You're the one who posted about the seperation of church and state. I simply responded.

[cwcrenshaw]

Religious freedom means freedom for anyone to believe what they want....even if that means not believing.

correct, but liberals attempt to twist the first amendment into excluding religion...that was never the intent

no contradiction, you're simply confused

I am not the one who's confused about this. I will spell it out very simply for you: The Government doesn't have any authority over religious things...this means that they are REQUIRED to exclude religion. It's really not that difficult.