Subject: RE: BS: Ten Commandments on Public Property?
From: Kim C
Date: 05 Apr 05 - 06:00 PM

I'm secure enough in my own beliefs not to feel threatened by whatever displays people want to make in public, whether they be Christian, Jewish, Buddhist, Muslim, Hindu, Mormon, whatever. I have more important things to concern myself with, and I think the state probably does too.

I have never, ever in my life, been offended by anyone's display of faith, although I have found some displays a little silly. But being offended by someone else's religion is just beyond my understanding, not to mention a total waste of my time.


Subject: RE: BS: Ten Commandments on Public Property?
From: CarolC
Date: 05 Apr 05 - 07:34 PM

I have to admit that I am more than a little bit annoyed by your mischaracterization of the reasoning that many of us have for not wanting the ten commandments to be posted in government buildings, Kim C.

If we were offended by public displays of other people's religions, we would be calling for the removal of all religious symbolism from the outside of churches, synagogues, and mosques. We would be waging a campaign to remove all crosses and Stars of David from cemetaries. We would be out removing the little crosses that people plant by the side of the road to commemorate the deaths of loved ones in traffic accidents. I don't see anybody here in this thread calling for these things.

To suggest that it has anything whatever to do with being offended by seeing public displays of other people's religions is a complete mischaracterization of what people in this thread are saying, and also of what really matters to those of us who are arguing against religious symbolism in government buildings.