Our Conscience: Arrogance in the Ozarks

[usregimechange]

In an oped in the Springfield News-Leader Joan Covington of Springfield Missouri makes the case that morality is not possible without her religious beliefs.

"Stop and think, folks. Since Bible reading and teaching have been removed from our public areas, crime has increased at an alarming rate. They (the ACLU and others) are greatly responsible for this horrible turn in the minds of people who have no conscience." Joan Covington
http://www.news-leader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051204/OPINIONS03/512040328/1006/OPINIONS01

Look at what happened the next year when in 1989 the Supreme Court ruled that a Christian nativity scene display at Allegheny County Courthouse in Pittsburg was a violation of the Establishment Clause:


More:

http://our-conscience.blogspot.com/

[AllegroRondo]

1. post hoc ergo proctor hoc

just because something happened after something else, does not mean one caused the other.

There was a great argument made that global warming is caused by a lack of pirates. Since the early 1800's, we have seen a huge reduction in the number of pirates worldwide, along with an increase in average temperatures.

[proud2BlibKansan]

2. You mean this?