Newsletter: Belief in GOD is NOT Religion

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Ironworker Gary Kalin of Atlanta, kneels in prayer next to an artist's rendition of the Ten Commandments during a rally outside the historic Capitol in Montgomery, Ala., Saturday, Aug. 16, 2003. Police would not estimate the size of the crowd, which appeared to be several thousand people, possibly as many as 10-thousand that attended the rally to support Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore who is refusing a federal court order to remove his Ten Commandments monument from the nearby State Judicial Building. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)
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As I mentioned in my Pentecost newsletter (2003-09), here in Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore is fighting a valiant battle against the federal establishment to keep a monument of the 10 Commandments he had commissioned and placed in the Alabama Supreme Court rotunda.

The battle continues as the federal judges, lawyers, and the media, trumpet their idea rooted in the so-called separation of church and state concept, that the display of the Ten Commandments is an unconstitutional establishment of religion in a government building. On July 1, the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals also ruled against Chief Justice Moore, saying displays on government property cannot promote or be affiliated with a religion. Judge Thompson gave the state until Aug. 20 to remove the monument, threatening $5,000 a day in fines if Chief Justice Moore did not comply. The situation is not unique to Alabama, all across the country there is a movement to remove any reference to the founding – GOD centered – principles of our country from public places. ( Log on: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/usatoday/20030814/cm_usatoday/11589548 )

Somewhere in our so-called maturing society it was decided that any reference to GOD, or our CREATOR is promoting a religion. But is a simple belief in the intelligent design of the universe – creation vs. evolution – and a CREATOR, a religion?

I have met many people who, because of the countless bad examples throughout history, dislike and are suspicious of institutional religion. They would say they could see GOD in their garden more then in a building. Would they be called religious? Usually a person is not considered religious, if one has a personal belief in GOD and just lives by the “Golden Rule” in their daily life as best they can, but never goes to church. Does a child who obeys their parents’ moral teachings mean that the child is religious? Technically speaking, the Bible by itself describes a code of life, it talks of “pure religion” only once in James 1:19-27. How many so-called religious people do you know live the pure religious life like the late Mother Teresa?

Here is another thought, the custom of marriage can only be traced to GOD (Gen.2:18-25), does that mean all married people are religious? I don't think so.

Today the dictionary will call anything relating to a moral code or GOD a “religion” like it’s some catchall phrase designed more by government bureaucrats - but what is the code or the principle itself called? In reality, it is more of a philosophy then a religion. The 10 Commandments are GODLY principles of living. For example the 4^th commandment says to rest on the Sabbath. Is a person who takes one day off a week from work considered religious? No, not really. The Jewish religion sets forth dictates on what to do, or not to do, on your day of rest. Only then, do the GODLY principles (or GODLY philosophy) become a religious observance. The 6^th commandment says do not murder. Is someone who has never murdered anybody considered religious? No. It is important to note that our CREATOR did not begin a religion; HE deals with humanity via a Covenant relationship. (For some non-religious Bible info, log http://www.homeworship101.com/bb-c5_sacred_covenants.htm )

If Judge Roy Moore had erected a monument to the fundamentals of the Southern Baptist faith, then he would be promoting a religion. And that would be a no-no. If Judge Roy Moore set forth that everyone must subscribe to the Southern Baptist faith then that would be a government enforced religion. And that would be a no-no.

What today’s federal judges and politicians do not understand, but our founding fathers clearly understood, is that if the a-l-l people – including the atheists - do not receive their human rights from GOD then they must be granted their rights from King George. We have been there and done that, and it never worked, because what the king grants the king can take away. (Log on: http://www.constitutional.net/qff.html )

Our so-called maturing society is actually taking a giant step backwards. And the underlining reason is that the so-called learned establishment is at war with GOD. It is not only the Commandments that are under attack, but it is everything that comes from our CREATOR, marriage, the day of rest, prayer, Jerusalem, the Hebrews, the Sacred Names, human freedoms, etc. In my humble opinion, it is so obvious a blind man could see it. I have always wondered, our founders set forth principles so advanced that we still to this day struggle to live up to. Instead of trying to tear them down why is it we cannot make them better if we are a so-called advancing society. (Log on: http://www.constitutional.net/JudgeRoyMoore/ )

Remember the good Judge Roy Moore in your prayers, and remember to pray for the peace of Jerusalem... Ps.122.

Take care. Peace and blessings, Errol.
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Errol Mueller, chronicler extraordinaire
e-mail: errol@homeworship101.com
website: www.homeworship101.com
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Scripture quotations are from the New King James Version of the Holy Bible.
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