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  1. Sundance

    The Great Ten Commandments Statue Debate

    You speak truthfully. However, the Abrahamic religions are four completely different religions. With this established, I don’t see how the presence of something that isn’t exclusive (for the most part) would violate the First Amendment. Mmmm…any one religion exclusively. This conclusion...
  2. Sundance

    The Great Ten Commandments Statue Debate

    It is.
  3. Sundance

    The Great Ten Commandments Statue Debate

    I’m not sure about the other statues but from what I read, the one in Arkansas (I think) was commissioned with the help of the director Cecil DeMille.
  4. Sundance

    The Great Ten Commandments Statue Debate

    This is one of the ironies of the Christian religion, I suppose.
  5. Sundance

    The Great Ten Commandments Statue Debate

    You’re misinterpreting my previous response. My response not simply saying to ignore what’s clearly there. It’s “acknowledge that it’s there, be inspired if you find value therein, but if you don’t believe in it, let that be that.” Actually, I think you got my initial question wrong. Which was...
  6. Sundance

    The Great Ten Commandments Statue Debate

    All of what you say is the truth. I don’t disagree here. If it were me, I would prefer something more akin to the Capitol Building in which you have the images of various lawgivers throughout the ancient and mideval eras. However, it’s important to note that the monuments (as I’ve...
  7. Sundance

    The Great Ten Commandments Statue Debate

    Again, as applicable to those who believe in that particular God. If you don’t, then it shouldn’t matter, as it’s not talking to you. As for the observation of a Sabbath, a day of rest and relaxation, we already do that in Western societies. Where do you think the concept of a weekend comes from?
  8. Sundance

    The Great Ten Commandments Statue Debate

    I would not mind it myself, not at all. In fact, I would be enthusiastic about it. (Insofar, as the values pertaining to justice, fairness under the law, the equality of people were highlighted, the location being a courthouse.) I wouldn’t disagree here, for the most part. However, the...
  9. Sundance

    The Great Ten Commandments Statue Debate

    I am not unaware. The beginning of the Ten Commandments does contain the injunction to acknowledge one God. This is true. However, they (at least in where they are sourced from) are only applicable to Jews and Christians, no one else. The Commandments do not end with acknowledging God. Let me...
  10. Sundance

    The Great Ten Commandments Statue Debate

    There is no shifting of the goal posts. I make no different a point or have any different justification for it here than in my OP, do I? Again, I’ll restate that while The Ten Commandments were written from a particular perspective, it’s whole purpose is to communicate how a person is to...
  11. Sundance

    The Great Ten Commandments Statue Debate

    Yes it is, and that’s exactly my point. Isn’t it possible to appreciate the essential point of something in spite of it there being something one disagrees with? Hmmmm I’m curious, which other religious books do you have? What are some things you appreciate about what you’re learning?
  12. Sundance

    The Great Ten Commandments Statue Debate

    For the most part, I agree with you. However, your quotation of the Declaration of Independence is interesting. While you are correct in your statement that the quote does not endorse any particular form of religion, it quite clearly invokes not merely a human power or authority or basis but...
  13. Sundance

    The Great Ten Commandments Statue Debate

    Regarding not violating the constitution, I agree. However, where I disagree is that when it comes to the Founding Fathers and religion, many of them also recognized the importance that religion has in fostering ethical and moral ideals. Case in point: the existence of the Jefferson Bible and...
  14. Sundance

    The Great Ten Commandments Statue Debate

    I was watching a recommended YouTube video by Anthony Padilla entitled “I Interview Satanists”, or something along those lines, and there was a reference to the debacle regarding the presence of Ten Commandments statues on the grounds of various courthouses in the United States — most notably...
  15. Sundance

    Random Religious Person's Thread

    Sure, JG! As a bit of neophyte, I’ll do my best! The Discipline of Assent involves the prokopton (Stoic practitioner) becoming aware of their own sense perceptions and, upon considering whether or not they align with the realities of situations, choosing to either to assent to those perceptions...
  16. Sundance

    Random Religious Person's Thread

    Yesterday, after a very lengthy internal discussion, I made the sad decision to leave the Bahá’í Faith officially. :( (I’m contemplating making a post on it later.) BUT on the extremely positive note, I re-discovered my Traditional Stoic path! To explain briefly, Stoicism is a philosophical...
  17. Sundance

    “ All that is in accord with You is in accord with me, O World…” - Marcus Aurelius Antoninus

    “ All that is in accord with You is in accord with me, O World…” - Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
  18. Sundance

    “All that is in accord with You is in accord with me, O World…”

    “All that is in accord with You is in accord with me, O World…”
  19. Sundance

    Do you have a favorite Atheist?

    My favorite atheist….Bruce Lee, without a doubt.
  20. Sundance

    To choose a dharmic religion

    Allow me to correct your bits of misunderstanding point by point, friend Aup. :) 1. As for Krishna (or any recognized Manifestation) being God, this is asserted as true by Bahá’u’lláh. The Bahá’í concept of the Manifestations of God is that Jesus Christ, His Holiness Muhammad, Lord Buddha, Lord...
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