http://gaelicstarover.blogspot.com/2006/12/message-from-holocaust-museum.html

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It’s a wonder he has any position in a taxpayer funded institution.

Sounds absurd

1. The official swearing-in ceremony that occurs in Congress (and all government agencies) is done without any Holy text and without mention of any Holy being.

2. The consititution states “no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States.” (Article VI, section 3)

3. There is precedent both in the past and during this calender year that not one consistent Holy book has been used in the un-official (photo-op) swearing-in ceremony: Pres. Thruman did not use any book, Pres. Kennedy used a Catholic Bible, Rep. Lidely (R-HI) used the Tanakh in 2002 and 12/4/2006, Rep. Wasserman Shultz used the Hebrew Bbile (Tankh) provided by Congressman Akerman.

4. This country was not intended by the founding fathers to be a Christian Nation: Treaty with Tripoli (1796) states in Article 11: “As the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion; as it has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion, or tranquillity, of Mussulmen …” ( signed 1/3/1797 by Joel Barlow the American consul-general to the Barbary states).

5. If the shoe were on the other foot: At least one Muslim country (a theocracy no less) provides members of its Parliament (Islamic Consultative Assembly) beloging to religious minorities to swear on their holy book. “Members belonging to the religious minorities will swear by their own sacred books while taking this oath. Members not attending the first session will perform the ceremony of taking the oath at the first session they attend.” (Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran – Article 67).

So after 10 minutes of research it is evident that Mr. Prager made his comments out of bigotry. His only reason for attacking Mr. Ellison is not that he is not using the Bible but that he using a Quran. His hatred of a Muslim having been elected to Congress is glaring. This is a slap in the face of the citizens of Minnesota who chose Mr. Ellison as their representative. It would be a hypocrisay for a man who is intolerant of citizens who are a religious minority to head a orginzation that is set up to remind the world of the over 6+ million deaths that occured due intolerance of a religious minority. Further, to make use of a book that is at the heart of the orginzation he heads so callously only brings dishonor to those victims that the memorial is designed to remember. It only makes sense that a bigot such as this be removed from a position appointed by the President of the United States.

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In re: your “Sorry – I was on a hyperbolic roll, there.”

Understood and apologies for my moment of pedantry re the KJV ;).

Thanks for this post which neatly encapsulates some questions I regularly restrain myself from asking Bible – thumpers (”so was each translation of the Bible divinely inspired as well? and if so, why do the translations disagree?”).

When I read these works I read them to understand cultural backgrounds, the underpinning of literary works, etc. etc. etc. If I tried to use them to understand the universe in any way I would become psychotic.