In 1952, Congress passed a law establishing the National Day of Prayer as an annual religious observance.He goes on to administer a mighty slap-down to the whole thing, via the prophet Isaiah, but really, that's just icing on the cake.
Quick: give me another sentence that uses the words “Congress,” “law,” “establish” and “religion.”
Yes, I’m thinking of “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion.”
So today is either a flagrant violation of the First Amendment, or else it’s a meaningless ceremony void of any specific religious significance, invoking God and prayer and religion as purely symbolic gestures to distinguish ourselves from those godless Soviets.
I’ll let you decide which of those is the more appalling possibility, but those are the only options.
Language Liberalism Freethought Birds Verbing Weirds Language only if you're expecting it to work in a simple way. This is a special case of the more general truth that Language Weirds. Only when a republic's life is in danger should a man uphold his government when it is in the wrong. There is no other time. The church says Earth is flat; but I have seen its shadow on the moon, and I have more confidence in a shadow than the church. If we can't find Heaven, there are always bluejays.
Thursday, May 01, 2014
Quick quiz re National Day of Prayer
Here's a quick quiz from Fred at Slacktivist:
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