tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post1408782161594796241..comments2024-03-28T14:52:13.218-05:00Comments on Stonekettle Station: If The Law Really Was Based on the Ten CommandmentsJim Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11259550121437562338noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-27626072683045543512010-11-09T13:53:04.639-06:002010-11-09T13:53:04.639-06:00At least its just the 10 Big Ones and not all that...At least its <i>just</i> the 10 Big Ones and not all that weird crap in Leviticus.<br /><br />And do we trust the source? All we have is the word of someone who wrote down what the smashed tablets said...<br /><br />And do we use the set in Exodus or in Deuteronomy? They're pretty close, but if we use them BOTH, then clever lawyers will surely test God's patience because they'd get him on technicalities.Wine Guynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-33480991860892892032010-11-03T17:55:41.242-05:002010-11-03T17:55:41.242-05:00If there is a Real American (TM), Tea Party-ruled ...If there is a Real American (TM), Tea Party-ruled Theocratic States of America coming, Bill, then I'm in a lot of trouble. The only question, when the lynch mob arrives at my door, is which reason they will offer for hanging me: will they come for me first because I am a liberal, or a nonbeliever, or a scientist, or an "anchor baby"?sheila, still not lurking,noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-49124069437729271512010-11-03T16:31:19.824-05:002010-11-03T16:31:19.824-05:00I'm a liberal elitist with an education, so I ...I'm a liberal elitist with an education, so I don't understand Real Americans(TM), but how is a Evangelical Christian's idea of government based on the Bible any different from an Islamist's idea of government based on the Quran?Billnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-42273812677210757332010-11-03T15:43:03.135-05:002010-11-03T15:43:03.135-05:00Yeah, but who wants to go to Heaven? As the great...Yeah, but who wants to go to Heaven? As the great theologian Edmund Blackadder pointed out during his brief tenure as Archbishop of Canterbury, Heaven is for people who like doing the things they do in Heaven, like singing, talking to God, watering plants. Borrrr-<i>ing</i>. <i>Hell</i>, now, is for people who have more interesting preoccupations... pillage, for instance....Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18275812152895151542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-71013440251483508012010-11-03T12:45:41.352-05:002010-11-03T12:45:41.352-05:00I suspect we're all going to hellinahandbasket...I suspect we're <i>all</i> going to hellinahandbasket for agreeing with Jim today. <br /><br />No problem, I'm right there with ya! Save me a place at the bar. <br /><br />pikin = Used for emphasis. Ex: Now, hol' on there a cott'n pikin minute Bubba!!WendyB_09https://www.blogger.com/profile/03788918629240949526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-6647089275011176552010-11-03T11:04:18.914-05:002010-11-03T11:04:18.914-05:00I can't wait until we get to outlaw shellfish ...I can't wait until we get to outlaw shellfish and pork.Steve Buchheithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12999709767641212586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-37687736953518366152010-11-03T09:27:49.777-05:002010-11-03T09:27:49.777-05:00Youch. Fixed. Thanks, Sheila.Youch. Fixed. Thanks, Sheila.Jim Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11259550121437562338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-43425750685458587062010-11-03T07:44:42.684-05:002010-11-03T07:44:42.684-05:00"Chris Coons rightly sighted the First Amendm..."Chris Coons rightly sighted the First Amendment as the source of that authority"<br /><br />You meant "cited" here, right? Chris Coons is okay with the Constitution as it is, I should think. It's the Tea Partiers who are taking aim at the First Amendment, at least where it concerns the rights of people who don't agree with them....<br /><br />Do I sense you're still in sniper mode, ready to pick off sign-stealing trespassers?<br />;-Dsheila, who is not lurking today,noreply@blogger.com