Get Over It!!!

I have been trying to keep this blog free of politics, but I wouldn't be doing my job as a mom if I didn't show Punky Jr. that you have to stand up for what you believe. Remaining silent is the path of least resistance, but it isn't what changes things.

For years now atheists have been fighting to get the 10 Commandments out of courthouses, to get the Bible out of the courtroom and the cross off the sides of streets and memorials.  They claim that using a cross is unconstitutional, based on the First Amendment.

I am pretty well educated, I understand our political system, and while I'm not a Constitutional scholar, I do know what it says. I don't get their argument. The argument seems like it has more holes in it than a pound of Swiss cheese.  A marble carving of the 10 Commandments is just sitting there. No one is forcing anyone to read it, much less abide by them (though most of them are pretty much common sense, don't steal or kill). Just because it is there, doesn't mean you have to believe. And by the way, the 10 Commandments are not strictly Christian. God gave them to the Jews first.

A cross at the side of the road, or on a memorial. Yes, the cross is the traditional symbol for Christians. Once again, by putting the cross there to commemorate something (most notably a death) we Christians are not forcing anyone to believe in the power of the cross. It is there as comfort.   You do not have to stop and pray, you don't even have to look at it.

GET OVER IT!!!  Just because our symbols are up places doesn't mean we are forcing you to believe something. America was partially founded by people that were tired of being forced to believe a certain way. It wasn't founded by people that wanted an absence of religion, but a freedom to worship as they pleased. By forcing us to take down our symbols. Little pieces that bring us comfort in a crazy world, you are actually infringing upon OUR rights, and our religious freedoms.

If you don't like the cross or the 10 Commandments, if you don't want to believe in Jesus and God the Father. That is your choice. Don't go to church, don't put up a Nativity at Christmas, but remember you can't stop me from believing in the truth. There is room for both of us. If you don't like it, move or just don't look at the symbols, but I have a right to put things up. So, please just get over it and let's worry about issues that matter, not how a memorial is designed.

-JLP-

PS... I am praying for you. Praying that you will want to seek the truth, and that you will see God revealed in your life. :-)