The Ten Commandments Date Wednesday, April 24, 2024 - 06:10 AM PST Topic Politics Here in Alabama there has been a waste of christian outrage concerning a monument of the ten commandments. While christians camped out in protest at the Montgomery judicial building, a little girl went missing on her way to a school bus stop. The latter did not make the headlines and the little girl is still missing to this day, probably dead by now. What is my point? I do not see how protecting such a monument was productive. One protester was screaming as the monument was rolled away, "Get your hands off our God". What the hell is that? Now the christians of Alabama are screaming "discrimination" and "persecution". This thing known as "Doing the Work of the Lord" sickens me. I cannot fathom how protecting an image made of stone is worthy of any sort of outrage. Many of these protesters were camped out crying and praying and I cannot understand why. I see value in all religions even christianity but these kinds of christians I find annoying. I would think that going out and helping those in need or helping the missing girl's parents would have been actively making a difference and showing what "God's Work" truly means. For sane christians out there, this is not the way to win people to Christ. Christ? Didn't he state something in the bible about praying in public? I believe it was something about praying in private. Oh well. Moving along, there is a failure to see the importance of the separation of church and state by many christian organizations. If it was allowed for christian monuments to be placed in front of a judicial building what does that say to the non-christian in search of justice? If christian idols were posted in front of government buildings and children were forced to pray in school we would live in a country that would be intolerant of other beliefs. The separation of church and state is imperative for those of us who are not christian to feel free to live and worship without fear of discrimination or persecution. It appears that many christian fundamentalists are so aggressive in their intolerance of other faiths without an understanding that "all the Gods are one" and that "the lamp may be different but the light is the same." Once certain christians get to this point they may finally be perceived in a better light. They might even be understood to be possessors of a legitimate faith. Until this happens, they will continue to frighten many of us "sinners" away. This article comes from Shmeng http://www.shmeng.com/ The URL for this story is: http://www.shmeng.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=606