Posted by
David J. Hall on Thursday, December 07, 2006 9:06:15 PM
Recently elected to Congress, Keith Ellison, D-Minn. has announced that he will not take his oath of office on the Bible. Instead, he will use the Qur'an (or also transliterated as Quran, Koran, Al-Quran), the holy book of Islam.
Personally, I really don't want our nation to start going down that road. After all, look at what else might be used in place of the Bible in some future swearing-in ceremonies:
- "The Communist Manifesto" by Karl Marx
- "Mein Kampf" by Adolf Hitler
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Briefly stated, in Mein Kampf, Hitler presents himself as the "Übermensch" ("super-human"), describing plans for German-allied countries to rule Europe, along a racist worldview of white supremacy with "Aryans" as the "master race" at the top and Jews and Gypsies at the bottom.
- The Wiccan Pentagram
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The five points of the frequently worn pentagram symbolize, among other things, the four elements with spirit presiding at the top. The pentagram is the symbol most commonly associated with Wicca in modern times.
- "Beyond Good and Evil" by Friedrich Nietzche
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Part of his "perspective of life" which he regards as "beyond good and evil", denies a universal morality for all human beings. The master and slave moralities feature prominently as Nietzsche reevaluates deeply-held humanistic beliefs, portraying even domination, appropriation and injury to the weak as not universally objectionable. A tone of moral relativism and perspectivism dominates throughout.
- "The Satanic Bible" by Anton LaVey
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The book contains the core principles of Satanism and is considered the foundation of the philosophy and dogma that comprises Satanism. Satanists maintain that The Satanic Bible may not be subject to interpretation or revision, and that no rule or principle contradictory to what is written in The Satanic Bible may be considered applicable to Satanism.
And these are just a few of the possibilities that lay down the road if we allow a new Congressman to be sworn-in with anything but the traditional Bible.
Perhaps one alternative could be provided if the Bible is "offensive" to the newly elected. That alternative is "The Constitution of the United States."