<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt">By the way, "In God We Trust" is the our national motto, as signed into law by Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1956. If people out there want "In God We Trust" removed from their currency, they should lobby for a change to our national motto. Personally, I like "E Pluribus Unum" better (From Many Into One), because that supports actual unity instead of the divisiveness that is tearing this country apart.<br><br>Paul<br><div><span><br></span></div><div><br></div> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <hr size="1"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Kenneth Marcy <kmmos1@frontier.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight:
bold;">To:</span></b> Ted Moffett <starbliss@gmail.com> <br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> vision 2020 <vision2020@moscow.com> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Friday, May 31, 2013 2:08 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Vision2020] Pat Condell -- Muslims must reject jihad<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><br><div id="yiv6704231196">
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<div class="yiv6704231196moz-cite-prefix">On 5/29/2013 1:26 PM, Ted Moffett
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<div dir="ltr">On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 12:00 PM, Kenneth Marcy <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:kmmos1@frontier.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:kmmos1@frontier.com">kmmos1@frontier.com</a>></span>
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<div class="yiv6704231196gmail_extra">To the extent they wish to foist ideas
lacking evidence for their existence or truth onto the public
square and body politic, they are better advised that their
delusions may be perceived as mental illness contagious to
others, and therefore quarantined from public display and
exposure.<br>
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<div class="yiv6704231196gmail_extra">A quarantine from public display and
exposure of "delusions" regarding religion is quite
impossible, if including all media accessible to the public as
public display and exposure. See Direct TV list of religious
channels at bottom. <[snipped]><br>
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Thanks for the reminder. I don't subscribe to cable TV, so the
channel guide is not in my scope of attention. I think it is the
case that there is in the USA a growing recognition of non-theistic
and agnostic perspectives, and that they have substantive value in
spite of aspersions and pejoratives from those who disagree with, or
are afraid of, or simply cannot understand, their import. That
said, yes, there is a substantial and continual barrage of
detrimental, anti-independent-thought rhetoric emerging from a
variety of organizations claiming religious purposes and privileges.<br>
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<div class="yiv6704231196gmail_extra">Of course state or government
expression of religion can be restricted, in government
schools, et. al. But the dollar bill says "In God We Trust"
and the pledge of allegiance in public government schools,
spoken by millions of children, still declares, despite court
challenges, "One nation under God." <br>
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Those bills also read Federal Reserve Note, but that is another
facet of the power and control discussion.<br>
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<div class="yiv6704231196gmail_extra">I regard this as state sponsored
promotion of a specific religious viewpoint, monotheism, that
lacks sufficient scientific evidence for the belief in such a
"God" to be rationally defended. Call it a delusion if you
wish... But if it is, it means a majority of people in the US
are delusional, to some extent.<br>
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Unfortunately true.<br>
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Ken<br>
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