Wouldn't the money be better spent of social betterment? (punishment, hell)

[Bright-ness' Shadow]

Barrow officials vote to continue Commandments fight

Complete article here

The Associated Press - WINDER, Ga.

The legal battle to keep a framed copy of the Ten Commandments in the Barrow County courthouse will continue after officials agreed Monday to foot the legal costs until private funds can be raised.

Commission Chairman Doug Garrison has said the county, which has struggled in recent months to keep its legal battle afloat, currently owes $81,000 to its attorney, Herb Titus.

The ACLU sued the county on behalf of an anonymous resident after commissioners refused to take down a framed parchment copy of the Ten Commandments, which appeared in a breezeway of the courthouse in Winder, about 40 miles east of Atlanta. Commissioner Bill Brown later admitted to posting the display, donated by a local resident

Garrison estimated that Barrow County already has spent between $135,000 and $140,000 since the lawsuit which was filed in September 2003.

Commissioners estimate the lawsuit could end up costing the county as much as $300,000.

Three hundred thousand dollars - three hundred thousand dollars. Wouldn't that buy a lot of help for the needy insteady of providing "glory to God", a Christian/Jewish God?

-pah-

[linwood]

Three hundred thousand dollars - three hundred thousand dollars. Wouldn't that buy a lot of help for the needy insteady of providing "glory to God", a Christian/Jewish God?

It sure would but you must remember what the first couple of Commandments are if you forget the importance of sacrifice for Gods glory.

[Bright-ness' Shadow]

Originally Posted by linwood

It sure would but you must remember what the first couple of Commandments are if you forget the importance of sacrifice for Gods glory.

Wouldn't you say the monument is more for man's vanity than God's - sorta like a lapel button for government buildings.

-pah-

[robtex]

Given the extreme punishment for not subscibing to Christanity --eternal damnation--as a person on the recieving end of the system I would be really uncomfortable walking into a courtoom that likened to Bibllical law as punishment. Espcially since the punishment for most crimes is death. Since the actual punishment for most crimes is not death in the US court system and since it is impossible to damn a fellow human to hell I don't see a purpose for the 10 commandments to be there.

It is a slap in the face for the concept of seperation of church and state to have them there and suggests that their is an unequal treatment under the law for non-christians than Christians.

As symbolic as those laws may be they fall short of the literal laws needed to adminster the legal system and are not used courts or lawyers as defense or prosecution as guide to their legal process.

The rhetoric contained in the 10 commandments contains specific commandments that are not even addressed by the legal system at all, specifically,

1) thou shall have no other god before me
2) command on having idols
3) taking lord's name in vain
5) honor your parents
10) covet niegbors things

There is no literal need for the 10 commandements because it is not comprehensive enough to govern a legal system and the penalty ranges are not congruent with American courts

There is no symbolic justification for its existance because of the seperation of church and state and because of the muti-faith system our Country hosts.

[SoulTYPE]

LOL, If we were all penalised for not believing or following the 10 commandments, well, this world would be rather..imprisoned.