Well, that about wraps it up for God (in the government).
Here's a fun little test that not-good (by their definition) people at the American Family Association put together to teach us about the Ten Commandments and what standard they apply to our lives:
Are you Good?
If you have the time, take the test and let me know what you think of it and the comments I sent to them:
I hadn't realized that the Ten Commandments were so unnecessary to the Christian religion. Since everyone is guilty by your definition, and is saved by faith alone, then according to you, the Ten Commandments are superfluous; it doesn't matter how many commandments I break or how aggregiously I break them, because we are all sinners and have the same standard of redemption.
Thanks for putting this test together to show me this! It's certainly a lot easier knowing that I don't have to take those commandments (or the following bits on slavery and debt forgiveness) seriously. I have to admit that I thought you guys didn't want us to lie, steal and lust in this world, but you've shown me its exactly the opposite - as long as a Christian gives their faith to Jesus, they can lie, steal and lust as much as they want as long as its what Jesus tells them to do.
And since I'm sure that you don't think that you can judge or anticipate the actions of Jesus Christ your Lord, you certainly cannot say with any certainty what Jesus may tell any individual person or group. So that must mean that you believe that you have no right or capacity to judge any other person or group for their actions which may dictated by their personal connection to Jesus, right?
It's too bad, since if there was some actual objective measure that could be used with the Ten Commandments, they could have a place in the functioning of law and government in general. Since, as you have proven to me, they don't, and faith can't be objectively measured, you have made an excellent argument for the complete removal of Christian faith-based morality from our government.
Excellent work; I look forward to sharing this site with many of my friends and collegues.
Yours with faith and reason,
Kelly Logan
Are you Good?
If you have the time, take the test and let me know what you think of it and the comments I sent to them:
I hadn't realized that the Ten Commandments were so unnecessary to the Christian religion. Since everyone is guilty by your definition, and is saved by faith alone, then according to you, the Ten Commandments are superfluous; it doesn't matter how many commandments I break or how aggregiously I break them, because we are all sinners and have the same standard of redemption.
Thanks for putting this test together to show me this! It's certainly a lot easier knowing that I don't have to take those commandments (or the following bits on slavery and debt forgiveness) seriously. I have to admit that I thought you guys didn't want us to lie, steal and lust in this world, but you've shown me its exactly the opposite - as long as a Christian gives their faith to Jesus, they can lie, steal and lust as much as they want as long as its what Jesus tells them to do.
And since I'm sure that you don't think that you can judge or anticipate the actions of Jesus Christ your Lord, you certainly cannot say with any certainty what Jesus may tell any individual person or group. So that must mean that you believe that you have no right or capacity to judge any other person or group for their actions which may dictated by their personal connection to Jesus, right?
It's too bad, since if there was some actual objective measure that could be used with the Ten Commandments, they could have a place in the functioning of law and government in general. Since, as you have proven to me, they don't, and faith can't be objectively measured, you have made an excellent argument for the complete removal of Christian faith-based morality from our government.
Excellent work; I look forward to sharing this site with many of my friends and collegues.
Yours with faith and reason,
Kelly Logan