The first ten words of the first amendment to the constitution: “congress shall make no law respecting the establishment of religion” The message is crystal clear to me, you can’t do that. Yet, here we are discussing whether laws should be written to accommodate the religion of Islam. The Muslim call to prayer now blasts through American neighborhoods, five times a day. There are proposals concerning Ramadan that would restrict Christians and Jews from eating in public places. Sounds awfully like an establishment of religion to me.

The supreme court has given their opinion on the public display of religious symbols. Those rulings were the result of challenges from non-Christian groups. The overall opinion of the court, often called the “reindeer” rule says you can display the Nativity scene on public property as long as Santa Claus, Reindeer, A menorah or Star of David is included in the display. Yes, basically the ruling was DEI.

The first mention of any of that was in 1984. If you use 1776 as the beginning of the United States none of that was questioned for 208 years! Then in 1984 the residents of Pawtucket Rhode Island alleged a Nativity scene, which had been displayed every year for the last forty years, violated the establishment clause of the constitution. The display did include other “holiday” dispays, IE: Santa Claus, candy striped poles, carolers, a Christmas tree and a banner saying seasons greetings.

Ever notice how you can’t mention a Muslim person without that being directly, inextricably linked to their religious belief. Just the one belief! Ask anyone this simple question; what religion does an American person practice? You will hear Christians and Jews for the most part and perhaps a few variations (denominations) of both of those religious beliefs. I’ve only heard of two varieties of Muslims. I understand the two groups have been arguing with each other since 632 CE about who should be in charge. Both groups believe the same core principles.

Religion and religious beliefs cannot be separated from government entirely. That is just a simple fact of life. The reason is as simple as; government is the people. Those governing will include their personal beliefs, including their religious ones, in their legislation. It has been said that a few of the founding fathers were Deists. Perhaps they were. As a politician I can see that being, shall we say, politically correct.

Therein lies the whole issue as far as I’m concerned. When your religion is your government, that presents a problem to those that do not adhere to that religion. Then government does establish a religion! In that supreme court ruling it was made clear, it is not an establishment of any religious belief as long as other secular symbols or displays are included in that display. It’s an all or nothing situation.

To the best of my knowledge Muslim peoples, those that practice the religion of Islam, are not known for being very inclusive. Historically speaking that has been borne out since 632 CE. Infidels, those that do not believe in Allah, Mohamed and the whole Quaran, must be converted by any means necessary. There can be no inclusion, well at least not without paying a tax.

“Fight those who believe not in God nor the last day, and who forbid not unlawful things, and who do not pay the Jizyah while they are in a state of submission, until they [voluntarily] pay the Jizyah with willing submission, and feel themselves subdued.” Jizyah means a tax, required by law to be paid because you are not a Muslim. Yeah, not very inclusive and a core principle in the practice of that religion.

We have elected quite a few Muslims in this country. I question whether they are going to modify or abandon their religious beliefs to legislate without bias in this country. The question is simply this; how do politicians gain voters? By promising their constituents they will provide whatever they want. In short, to support their beliefs! You do see where that could become a big problem here if enough Muslims are elected to office don’t you?

Ah, but many of them are now claiming to be something else entirely, they don’t believe all of it, just the good parts. They are sort of claiming to be a Deist, a Muslim Deist. The problem with that being, a Deist believes a single creator God does exist. That God is the same for everyone, Jesus doesn’t count and neither would Mohamed. No Allah.

We have all heard of the Jefferson bible, basically a compilation of Jesus’s moral lessons. No miracles, no supernatural powers. Jefferson was attempting to remove the ” rules for believing” and instead create the rules for living together as human beings. The only issue with that rule book being, there is no promise of eternal life after death. All of that is left up to reason and individual judgement. Really deism is a form of “trust the science.” I tend to trust history, and historically the current situation doesn’t look good!

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