Taking God Out Of Everything
By Harris Sherline
May 25, 2009
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As for the courts, the underlying foundation of our laws is the Ten Commandments, which cannot be removed from our courts and all public life without undermining our entire judicial system. One does not have to be a Christian to know that without the presence of any religious values and the teaching of right and wrong in our schools, we have substantially abandoned our young people to the lure of license without responsibility. We could do a lot worse than introducing a little active involvement of G-d back into our classrooms, even for those of us who are not Christians.
The proliferation of ethics courses currently being required by the professions, such as accounting and law, gives testimony to the fact that too many of our young people are now reaching their majority without the moral foundation that schools helped teach in the past, which was historically based on religious values. I'll take the teachings of education with G-d involved rather than the lack of ethics and morality that pervade our schools today without G-d, notwithstanding the fact that I am not a Christian.
There are those who argue that even the slightest amount of religious expression in the schools is tantamount to opening the door to religious indoctrination and persecution of those who don't agree with the values of the majority. Can it be that, all of a sudden, Christian and Judeo values have become a threat to the rest of American society?
The very idea that some people are free to publicly make even the most dishonest, vicious and hurtful statements about others in any venue, including the schools, by claiming the protection of the First Amendment, while at the same time attempting to deprive the majority of their right to speak openly about their own beliefs in the same venues, is not only illogical, but is the height of hypocrisy. It's no wonder people are so confused.
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Read more of Harris Sherline's commentaries on his blog at "opinionfest.com"
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