Tuesday, January 02, 2007

Prager on Ellison

This is the latest salvo in Dennis Prager's battle to have the Bible present at Keith Ellison's swearing in. Why is it so important to him?
If you want to predict on which side an American will line up in the Culture War wracking America, virtually all you have to do is get an answer to this question: Does the person believe in the divinity and authority of the Five Books of Moses, the first five books of the Bible, known as the Torah? ("Divinity" does not necessarily mean "literalism.")
And in fact, it does seem to correlate remarkably well with the divide known as "right vs. left". Other Prager articles on the subject: America, Not Keith Ellison, decides what book a congressman takes his oath on A response to my many critics - and a solution

1 comment:

Faultline USA said...

The strength of America may come from the separation of church and state, but unless that separation is strengthened, it may very well be our undoing.
I invite you to read and comment on today’s post,
An “Honest” Terrorist Writes: “No Muslim Can Pledge Loyalty to the Constitution”
http://faultlineusa.blogspot.com/2007/01/honest-terrorist-writes-no-muslim-can.html