So, the Supreme Court has decided that the Ten Commandments cannot be displayed in two KY courthouses, but the frieze on display in the Supreme Court can stay, because the artist covered any references to God and Sabbath, making it a completely secular, historical document, then, I guess? Okay.
What gets me about these cases is not that non-Judeo-Christians want the displays removed, but that practicing Christians would engage in the fight at all. We Christians should not be worried about whether or not the Ten Commandments are on public display but, rather, are we publicly displaying adherence to those commandments?
So, the Supreme Court has decided that the Ten Commandments cannot be displayed in two KY courthouses, but the frieze on display in the Supreme Court can stay, because the artist covered any references to God and Sabbath, making it a completely secular, historical document, then, I guess? Okay.
What gets me about these cases is not that non-Judeo-Christians want the displays removed, but that practicing Christians would engage in the fight at all. We Christians should not be worried about whether or not the Ten Commandments are on public display but, rather, are we publicly displaying adherence to those commandments?
Jesus said that all Ten Commandments are wrapped into two: first, love the Lord your God with all your heart, your soul and mind, and second, love your neighbor as you love yourself. You find anybody who has mastered these two and you will have found the narrow path, indeed.
Whether or not the Ten Commandments are on display as part of some public monument does not make God any more God - perhaps more importantly, absence of such monuments does not make God any less God. So, then, why do we have to hide behind our symbols and traditions? Does it somehow make our faith valid? If so, then I wonder, is our faith valid? Is it more profitable to read the Ten Commandments or to live the Ten Commandments? I say live them and by living them, you will teach them.
C.S. Lewis remarked that there are two kinds of people; those who say to God, "Thy will be done," and those to whom God says, "All right, then, have it your way."
Love your neighbors, and let them have it their way.