I have no problem with people swearing on whatever they hold dear, or just swearing a plain oath not on no book at all. I do have a problem with Ellison's ties to Nation of Islam, which says I'm evil just 'cause I'm white.
A short but informative article about the founding fathers, religion, and Jefferson's views about all sorts of religious superstition on Slate (http://www.slate.com/id/2157314/fr/rss/) today was pretty interesting, especially the part where Jefferson asks Tripoli's envoy to London by what right they took slaves and money along the Barbary coast. I like the last bit, too.
"the Jefferson Bible" for short, this consists of the four gospels of the New Testament as redacted by our third president with (literally) a razor blade in his hand. With this blade, he excised every verse dealing with virgin birth, miracles, resurrection, and other puerile superstition, thus leaving him (and us) with a very much shorter book... The Quran repeats and plagiarizes many passages of the New Testament, including some of the most fantastic and mythical ones. Is it not time to apply the razor and produce a reasonable Quran as well? What could be more inclusive? What could be a better application of Jeffersonian original intent?
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Date: 10 Jan 2007 06:18 am (UTC)A short but informative article about the founding fathers, religion, and Jefferson's views about all sorts of religious superstition on Slate (http://www.slate.com/id/2157314/fr/rss/) today was pretty interesting, especially the part where Jefferson asks Tripoli's envoy to London by what right they took slaves and money along the Barbary coast. I like the last bit, too.
"the Jefferson Bible" for short, this consists of the four gospels of the New Testament as redacted by our third president with (literally) a razor blade in his hand. With this blade, he excised every verse dealing with virgin birth, miracles, resurrection, and other puerile superstition, thus leaving him (and us) with a very much shorter book... The Quran repeats and plagiarizes many passages of the New Testament, including some of the most fantastic and mythical ones. Is it not time to apply the razor and produce a reasonable Quran as well? What could be more inclusive? What could be a better application of Jeffersonian original intent?