[Apologetics] FW: Ten Commandments News
Art Kelly
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Mon Jan 8 12:43:42 EST 2007
Friends,
I just returned from 12 days in Texas visiting my father, sister, brothers,
and some friends.
I hope you had a blessed Christmas and have a great 2007 New Year!
Art
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Subject: Ten Commandments News
Ten Commandments can save Saginaw, Michigan
2. Ten Commandments to be re-installed in Bozeman, Montana
3. A new Ten Commandments Monument has been installed in the court house of
Dixie County, Florida
4. We are commanded to display the Ten Commandments in public places.
5. Judge Roy Moore and Foundation for Moral Law File Legal Brief Defending
National Motto, ?In God We Trust?
6. Thank you Judge Moore Campaign
7. Why Display the Ten Commandments in your home?
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Here are more details:
1. Ten Commandments can save Saginaw, Michigan
Commissioner: Commandments can save Saginaw
Offers $10,000 to erect display
WJRT By Jeff Piechowski
SAGINAW (WJRT) - (12/18/06)--A Saginaw County politician says he has a
solution to the area's problems: the Ten Commandments. County Commissioner
Pat Wurtzel says he'd like to see the commandments on display in the lobby
of the Saginaw County Governmental Center. . Under Wurtzel's plan, he'd like
to see limestone tablets of the Ten Commandments installed in the lobby of
the Governmental Center. In fact, Wurtzel has offered to pay roughly $10,000
toward the project out of his own pocket. It is unclear on whether the other
county commissioners would approve such a plan. But Wurtzel thinks having
the commandments on display would be a reminder to people, and he claims if
everyone followed the commandments, the county and the world's problems
would be wiped out.
"A lot of people want to be politically correct," said Laurie Lisk of
Bridgeport, "but yet they've forgotten that the Ten Commandments is the
basically the basis of a society."
http://abclocal.go.com/wjrt/story?section=local&id=4862503
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2. Ten Commandments to be re-installed in Bozeman, Montana
The Bozeman Fraternal Order of Eagles donated the monument to the city in
the 1970s for
display at the downtown Sorpotimist Park.
The monument was moved earlier this year while the park was being
renovated. The American Civil Liberties Union plans to review a decision by
the
Bozeman City Commission to reinstall a Ten Commandments monument in a city
park.
http://www.greatfallstribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061218/NEWS01/
61218008/1002
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3. A new Ten Commandments Monument has been installed in the court house of
Dixie County, Florida
State/Church Watchdog Groups Seeks Plaintiffs to Sue Over Dixie County
Decalog
FFRF via BBSNews 2006-12-01 -- The Freedom From Religion Foundation, a
national state/church watchdog group, is looking for Dixie County residents
willing to join a lawsuit challenging the placement of a 6-ton monument of
the Ten Commandments on the steps of the Dixie County Courthouse last week.
The Foundation sent a formal request today to the Dixie County Board of
Commissioners asking it to remove the monument. Making the violation even
more egregious is the inscription at the base admonishing citizens to "Love
God and keep his commandments." The Foundation has been contacted by many
of its Florida membership. "We plan to sue, but we do need at least one
local plaintiff who lives in Dixie County or who has very regular business
at the courthouse," Gaylor said.
http://bbsnews.net/article.php/20061201120201768
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4. We are commanded to display the Ten Commandments in public places.
Deut 6:9. "And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy
gates," We are commanded to put them in public places. The word "gates" of
Deuteronomy 6:9 refers to public places. Read a more detailed explanation
at: http://10commandments.biz/biz/articles/2005/requirement.phtml
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5. Judge Roy Moore and Foundation for Moral Law File Legal Brief Defending
National Motto, In God We Trust
November 30, 2006
Former Chief Justice Roy Moore and attorneys with the Foundation for Moral
Law filed an amicus curiae brief today in the U.S. Court of Appeals for
the 9th Circuit arguing that the National Motto, ?In God We Trust,? is a
constitutional acknowledgment of God that does not violate the Establishment
Clause of the First Amendment. Judge Moore and the Foundation asked the
appeals court to uphold the lower court's ruling that atheist Michael
Newdow, the plaintiff in this case, should not prevail in his quest to have
?In God We Trust? scrubbed from our currency and revoked as our National
Motto. (Click here to read the brief.)
Judge Moore said, It is absolutely ridiculous to think that judges will
strike down our national motto because it offends some atheists. The motto
simply recognizes the God which every president in their inaugural address
has acknowledged and turned to for guidance and favor." This case features
yet another outrageous attack by Michael Newdow in his relentless crusade
against the fine American tradition of publicly acknowledging God as a
nation. After renewing his battle against the Pledge of Allegiance, Newdow
has now attacked “In God We Trust.”
As Judge Moore and the Foundation point out in their brief, a national motto
acknowledging our dependence upon God is not a “law respecting an
establishment of religion,” which is what the Establishment Clause
prohibits. The Motto is a general sentiment that reflects the country's
trust in God, but it forces no one to believe (or not believe) or worship
contrary to their own convictions. Just because Michael Newdow does not
believe in God does not mean the nation must stop acknowledging Him. The
courts reviewing this case should hold that the Motto is constitutional
because it does not violate the words of the First Amendment.
The Foundation for Moral Law, a national non-profit legal organization, is
located in Montgomery, Alabama, and is dedicated to restoring the knowledge
of God in law and government through two methods: litigation relating to
moral issues and religious liberty cases; and education consisting of forums
for the public and pastors' seminars.
For more information about the Foundation for Moral Law and a link to the
brief, please visit http://www.morallaw.org.
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6. Thank you Judge Moore Campaign
'$1 and a thank you' campaign launched for Judge Moore
Tennessee man says nation needs more who are willing to stand up for
beliefs.
A new campaign has been launched to show that Christians in America do
respect a man who stands by his Christian beliefs, even at great personal
loss. The man being put on a pedestal for this campaign is Judge Roy Moore,
the former chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court and now a leader of
the Foundation for Moral Law and a columnist for WND.
The goal, according to organizer Raymond Dyer, of Cookeville, Tenn., is to
have many “perhaps a million“ people send Judge Moore a Christmas card and
enclose a single dollar bill.
Dyer told WND that he was reflecting recently on the sacrifices the nation's
Founding Fathers made, pledging their personal lives, fortunes and sacred
honor, to the concept of a nation founded with the recognition that
citizens' rights come from the "Hand of Providence," the Lord God Almighty,
not government.
"I saw his book on my bookshelf, and I said, 'There's one great man right
there, he sacrificed his fortune,'" Dyer said.
Moore, of course, was removed from office because he refused to follow what
he considered an unlawful federal court's order to remove a Ten Commandments
monument from public display in Alabama.
"He had the fortitude to stand for God's word, the Ten Commandments," Dyer
told WND. "I said you know it would really be nice to send him a message.
And if we could get several people across the U.S. to send him a Christmas
card to say, 'Dear Judge Moore, Thank you. We haven't forgotten you.'"
"Judge Moore could have done what the majority of today's people would do by
taking the 'easy way' out, saying or doing nothing, and placing personal
convenience (job, income & financial security) over principle (God's laws),"
Dyer wrote.
But he didn't.
"Now it is our turn to reciprocate and let Judge Moore know that he is
appreciated and not forgotten!" Dyer said.
And as a bonus, he said, "We will also be sending a powerful message to the
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) that evil will not prevail in
America!"
The plan couldn't be simpler: "You and as many family members and friends
that you can contact by e-mail, letter or telephone, are encouraged to send
Judge Moore a Christmas card and enclose one dollar ($1.00) or more as a
small token of our appreciation for his efforts and sacrifices that he
made."
"I have contacted and received a heartfelt appreciation from Judge Moore for
this effort," Dyer said.
His goal? "One million Christmas cards for Judge Moore!"
"I ask for your prayers that this undertaking may be blessed by our
Creator," he said.
The address is:
Roy S. Moore
P.O. Box 158
Gallant, Ala. 35972
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=52992
Editorial Note:
Those wishing to make a TAX DEDUCTIBLE DONATION, may send it to: Foundation
for Moral Law P.O. Box 4086
Montgomery, AL 36103-4086
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7. Why Display the Ten Commandments in your home?
1. Your life will be lengthened.
2. Your children's lives will be lengthened.
3. So your home life will be "as the days of heaven upon the earth"
(Deuteronomy 11:21).
Deuteronomy 11:18-21
18. Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your
soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets
between your eyes. 19. And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of
them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way,
when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. 20. And thou shalt write
them upon the door posts of thine house, and upon thy gates: 21. That your
days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the land which the
LORD sware unto your fathers to give them, as the days of heaven upon the
earth.
Displaying and obeying the Bible Ten Commandments will bring blessings upon
you and your family. Read these words from Deuteronomy 6:1, 2-3, 9.
1. Now these are the commandments . . .
2. That thou mightest fear the LORD thy God, to keep all his statutes and
his commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son's
son, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be prolonged. 3. Hear
therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with thee,
and that ye may increase mightily, as the LORD God of thy fathers hath
promised thee . . . 9. And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy
house, and on thy gates.
Christian Gifts. Moses instructed us to post the Commandments in our
homes to teach our children.
Over 100 Gift ideas from several web sites and organizations. Click Here!
http://tencommandments.faithweb.com/10-Commandments-gifts.html
For Ten Commandments Yard Signs
http://tencommandments.faithweb.com/viewsign.html
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