MY EXITOUS

I have decided to soften my position on the separation of Church and state. I am undertaking a campaign to have The Ten Commandments, as written in the book of Exodus, restored to courthouse walls. It has become ever more clear to me that this is truly the basis for our current system of laws.

`NED~

The Ten Commandments

Exodus 34:11-34:27
11 Observe what I command you today. See, I will drive out before you the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. 12Take care not to make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land to which you are going, or it will become a snare among you. 13You shall tear down their altars, break their pillars, and cut down their sacred poles* 14(for you shall worship no other god, because the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God). 15You shall not make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, for when they prostitute themselves to their gods and sacrifice to their gods, someone among them will invite you, and you will eat of the sacrifice. 16And you will take wives from among their daughters for your sons, and their daughters who prostitute themselves to their gods will make your sons also prostitute themselves to their gods.
17 You shall not make cast idols.
18 You shall keep the festival of unleavened bread. For seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, as I commanded you, at the time appointed in the month of Abib; for in the month of Abib you came out from Egypt.
19 All that first opens the womb is mine, all your male* livestock, the firstborn of cow and sheep. 20The firstborn of a donkey you shall redeem with a lamb, or if you will not redeem it you shall break its neck. All the firstborn of your sons you shall redeem.
No one shall appear before me empty-handed.
21 For six days you shall work, but on the seventh day you shall rest; even in ploughing time and in harvest time you shall rest. 22You shall observe the festival of weeks, the first fruits of wheat harvest, and the festival of ingathering at the turn of the year. 23Three times in the year all your males shall appear before the Lord God, the God of Israel. 24For I will cast out nations before you, and enlarge your borders; no one shall covet your land when you go up to appear before the Lord your God three times in the year.
25 You shall not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leaven, and the sacrifice of the festival of the passover shall not be left until the morning.
26 The best of the first fruits of your ground you shall bring to the house of the Lord your God.
You shall not boil a kid in its mother’s milk.
27 The Lord said to Moses: Write these words; in accordance with these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel

Ned-N-Reader: Eviloution Vs Malevolent Design or Ned's Big Bang Query

Ned-N-Reader: Eviloution Vs Malevolent Design or Ned's Big Bang Query

Eviloution Vs Malevolent Design or Ned's Big Bang Query

I think all controversy concerning the teaching of evolution could be avoided, by competent scientist and teachers, if they would just end every lecture or technical paper with, "And the God of Abraham and Isaac, creator of heaven and earth, Father of Jesus of Nazareth, made these miracles possible, gave me the eyes to see its truth, and the strength and wisdom to carry this message to his chosen flock. Can I get an Amen?"

Evolution Resumed

Today president Obama issued a presidential memorandum and spoke of scientific integrity.

"Promoting science isn't just about providing resources - it is also about protecting free and open inquiry," Obama said during today's signing ceremony. "It is about letting scientists like those here today do their jobs, free from manipulation or coercion, and listening to what they tell us, even when it’s inconvenient - especially when it’s inconvenient. It is about ensuring that scientific data is never distorted or concealed to serve a political agenda - and that we make scientific decisions based on facts, not ideology."

In honor of of this return to sanity, I would like to add dos centavos.

The absolute surest way for creationist to disprove"Darwin's Theory," is by homeschooling generations of their children.

Blessings, Ned

Creationists make it sound as though a "theory" is something you dreamt up after being drunk all night.
~Isaac Asimov~
"Evolution has seemingly passed over those that cannot understand it."
~Ned~
"May we please have a moment of science, for those poor souls that cannot understand evolution as God's scientific method."
~Ned~
"Science is no longer frozen; global warming has resumed."
~Ned~

The Protection Faith

The government should never exercise control over any religious tradition, except in the prevention of harm to citizens outside of that tradition. Likewise, no religion should hold sway over the government that preserves the rights of all the people it serves. Regardless of how it is spent, government monies distributed to any religious organization cannot be prevented from promoting that religion or their proselytizing to the people it aids. A religions order cannot help being influenced by a government that finances them or their endeavors. Even the practice of tax exemptions for religious organizations should be scrutinized. Tax exemptions are always just another form of welfare.
For the protection of the faith shared by an abundance of US citizens, James Madison, Father of Our Constitution, Author of the Bill of Rights, wrote, "Who does not see that the same authority which can establish Christianity, in exclusion of all other religions, may establish with the same ease any particular sect of Christians, in exclusion of all other sects? " ~Memorial and Remonstrance~
~Ned~

Winston McCain

In comparing himself to Winston Churchill, John McCain may be on to something, "Churchill Strategery." Perhaps in another eighty six years we can really proclaim,

"Mission Accomplished!"

~NED~

"When Iraq becomes strong enough in our opinion to stand alone, we shall be in a position to state that our task has been fulfilled, and that Iraq is an independent sovereign state. But this cannot be said while we are forced year after year to spend very large sums of money on helping the Iraqi government to defend itself and maintain order.": Winston Churchill - 1922

John McCain likens himself to Winston Churchill
Telegraph.co.UK, United Kingdom - Mar 7, 2008
By Alex Spillius in Chicago The Republican candidate John McCain yesterday released an advertisement comparing himself to Winston Churchill, as he attempts
'We're Americans and we'll never surrender. They will' Independent
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The Ballad of Chemical Ali

The US is cheering on the upcoming execution of Chemical Ali, for gassing the Norther Iraqi Kurds, with the gas the Pentagon had supplied him with. (this was the second excuse given for invading Iraq, when no WMDs were found) For months now, the Turks have been killing Northern Iraqi Kurds on a daily basis, with US supplied weaponry and our blessing. (these are the people we came to liberate) This week, knowing that the Chemical Ali's execution story was about to break and could be credited as a 'Merican victory, Secretary of Defense Gates has publicly denounced the Turkish bombing of Kurds in Iraq and ordered them to cease bombing. How can we take credit as liberators, if our allies are killing the peoples we came to liberate? The Northern Kurdish PKK, which were good when Saddam was gassing them are now labeled as terrorist by US, because they are enemies of the Turks and we move our armament through Turkey into Iraq. The Southern Iraqi Kurdish PKK are our friends and not terrorist, because they are enemies of the Iranians, like Saddam was when we supplied him with the gas that he used on the Northern Kurds. Are you still with me?
The Bush administration is so crooked, they have to screw their socks on every morning.
The moral to the story: If the US offers you arms, to help combat one of their enemies, don't take 'em. One day you are chemical ally and the next you're "Chemical Ali." Dead!
NED


BBC News
'Chemical Ali' execution approved in IraqTelegraph.co.UK - 8 hours agoIn the late 1980s, he was commander of Iraqi forces in northern Iraq. At the end of the Iraq-Iraq war in 1988, he ordered the use of chemical weapons against the Kurdish village of Halabja, killing 5000 residents.Iraq's leaders approve execution of Chemical Ali Times OnlineGreen light for Chemical Ali's hanging Melbourne Herald SunThe Associated Press - CBC News - BBC News - Aljazeera.netAll 545 news articles »