Tennesse Passes Bill Making Bible the Official State Book......

Nothing worse than trying to insult someones intelligence then making ignorant comments yourself!

First of all the US is a republic not a democracy, so your 75-80% in agreeance is irrelevant.
And state books do not infringe on anyones rights or freedom, just irritates idiots who disagree and have nothing better to do with their time!

 

First and foremost. How many Bibles are there that are agreed upon by experts. Not translations.

 

So it doesn't take legislation to make the Bible a state book?

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
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This law will be tossed out in short order as it should be.

 

Try again because the rest of the 1st amendment says the government can't prohibit the free exercise of religion!
Now prove the state book is establishing a religion!

 

This is actually bad news for God. Personally, I happen to be a Christian--and I believe the Bible is the holy word of God and I think taking God's word and forcing it down people's throats or flaunting it in their faces just promotes intolerance and hate. Maybe I'm mistaken, but I'm pretty sure those are things Jesus did not promote.

It seems that the legislature of Tennessee is using the Bible as a sword to smite the people they don't like. When something like that happened in the Book of John (in the Bible!) it went down like this:

"Simon Peter then, having a sword, drew it and struck the high priest's slave, and cut off his right ear; and the slave's name was Malchus. So Jesus said to Peter, "Put the sword into the sheath; the cup which the Father has given Me, shall I not drink it?"…"

 

It is interesting to me that so many conservatives object to sharia law
Which is nothing more than making a religious book to be part of government
Which is essentially what this law does with the bible

 

Thats an irrelevant question because the constitution is pretty clear on this.
The 1st amendment says congress cannot make laws to establish a religion, state book is not establishing a religion no matter how you spin it.

 

Who says it's insignificant, and who's being hyper sensitive? Are you saying I CAN have it both ways?


It doesn't say you can shoot Democrats down in the street for sport either, but that doesn't mean it approves. The Constitution says the Government shall make on law RESPECTING THE ESTABLISMENT OF A STATE RELIGION, which this is rather clearly trying to do. If it meant no laws ESTALISHING a state religion, and no other, it would have said so.

 

I'm not worried with the horrific translations and insane amount of interpretations of that text... what infuriates me is we can boil this down to a type of religion, not lets say one specific branch within that sub-set of religions that fall under that cap... this goes against everything this country was founded on, it goes against everything I believe as a person who on this forum has supported the religious rights on MANY instances despite me not subscribing to any faith... but this, this is going too far with "freedom"... this is a step towards tyranny, this is one of the HUGE first steps towards how a society shifts and imposes religion upon others, by officially adopting the books...

how would you feel is the koran was adopted as the official state book, would you be worried about how many different korans there are and how they are interpreted? or would you be sitting with me pissed off and outraged a politician dare elevate his religion to the level of state sponsorship... this is everything people died to prevent...

 

It's close enough I think the courts will throw it out. Being a Bible is close enough to make it look like Virginia is indorsing Christianity as the state book/religion.

 

Kind of a false correlation wouldn't you say. As Sharia Law isn't all based on the Koran, is it?

 

Sharia is based on religious interpretation-legal of the koran and islamic traditions
So it is incorporating religion into state governance
Which is also what this law tries to do
Else-wise, what is the point of the law?

 

Tenn. just wrote 'we're all frigging idiots' on their forehead. At least we have the southern states to make the rest of us feel smart. Look what happens when you let christian terrorists get control of a state.

 

If only more christians had your thought process on this, there wouldn't be such backlash against them.

 

Also traditions that come before Islamic Law......is that not so?

 

This debate may be f---ed up.

They are talking about ANDREW JACKSON's Bible. His personal book as the "state book" not the Bible per say.



http://www.tennessean.com/story/news/politics/2015/04/15/house-makes-bible-official-state-book/25811959/

I'm not seeing where the "Bible" is the official book. Just Andy Jackson's random book (that happened to be a Bible) that he possessed--Yee hah!

 

So
What is the basis on which sharia law horrifies so many
After all it is smply codified historical traditions

Seems to me that both muslims and non muslins regard sharia law as a codification of religious law

 

This law should be tossed.

 

I disagree, the state book doesn't implement any unjust laws that favor one religion over another, it's more of a symbolic.
But I'm sure there are plenty of butt hurt lefties that will claim it offends them.

 

I think that was you!

 

Sorry you feel insulted by your lack of understanding of the principles on which this nation was founded.

That you do not understand what the founders meant by "Tyranny of the Majority" is not my fault. 50+1 has nothing to do with Democracy vs Republic.

Go read my post again, or learn about the basic tenets of "Classical Liberalism" - the enlightenment ideas on which this nation was founded.

Do something however because you have no clue what you are talking about in relation to the founders.

 

You can't even insult someone intelligently!

 

I see no problem with nominating the Bible as literature, but as far as literature goes, there are bettee books than the Bible. (The characters are so cliched, the plot is farfetched, and the ending is predictable.)

 

So.....then it does not stem from the Islamic religion. Which was my point.