Religion sues Utah town to display '7 Aphorisms'

[Judi Lynn]

Religion sues Utah town to display '7 Aphorisms'

By The Associated Press
08.05.05
SALT LAKE CITY — The Summum religion has sued the city of Pleasant Grove for the right to display the other set of laws they say Moses brought down the mountain.

The city has refused to allow the Salt Lake City-based religion to erect a monument enumerating the Seven Aphorisms, principles they say underlie creation and nature, with a public memorial that includes the Ten Commandments.

Summum leaders believe these were initially passed only to a select few who could understand them, but that Moses also delivered a lower set of laws, the Ten Commandments, which were more widely distributed.

Pleasant Grove's memorial sits in a secluded area that honors the city's heritage. The monument has been on city property since the Fraternal Order of Eagles donated it in 1971, and Summum wants the right to put its monument of the Seven Aphorisms there also.
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http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/news.aspx?id=15635

[mbperrin]

1. Moses is Moses...if the 10 Commandments are a legal

heritage, surely the 7 Aphorisms are....

BTW, after the commandments and aphorisms came the 14 Suggestions, 27 Excuses, and 1 Cure for Flatulence....

;)

[Dogmudgeon]

3. There's a cure for flatulence?

Please post it!

--p!
Praise Be Unto Beano®.

[mbperrin]

5. If only I were of the elect!!! Haven't been admitted to inner mysteries.

;)

[Dogmudgeon]

2. Ah, yes! Now it begins.

We'll see what the issue really is -- a desire to restore a moral background that America never lost, or a hypocritical ploy to extend privilege to a radical, fundamentalist Protestant Christian social movement.

--p!

[moose65]

4. Ha Ha!

It was only a matter of time before one of those "other religions" sued to have their commandments/statutes/tenets posted on public property. One wonders how the right wing would respond to a massive attempt by Muslims/Hindus/Wiccans/etc to have such public exhibits. Of course, the right would fight for these groups' rights to do so, wouldn't they??? }(

[grytpype]

6. Here's a link to the Seven Aphorisms...

http://www.summum.us/philosophy/principles.shtml

it's made-up bullshit like every religion, but at least the Ten Commandments will fit on a monument.

[Dogmudgeon]

10. It's not even Hebrew

It's Greek pagan philosophy with a couple of sections that have been "spiffed up". (Although "psychokinesis" is actually derived from Greek, it wasn't a Greek word at all.)

It may be made-up bullshit, but the bullshit artist didn't even put any work into it. The standards for bullshit have certainly fallen.

--p!

[Tesha]

7. Bring back commandments XI through XV!

"...and so I bring you these fifteen..."

(Thud)

"Oy! These *TEN* commandments of Almighty God!"

[omshanti]

8. I demand the flying spaghetti monster be displayed!

http://www.venganza.org

[Tesha]

11. Well, I'm for the Invisible Pink Unicorn, myself, ...

Well, I'm for the Invisible Pink Unicorn, myself, but one could argue
that because it is invisible, it is *ALREADY* on display everywhere!

Tesha

[Ian David]

9. The civil war to declare which religion (or brand of christianity) rules

Whose religion, whose bible, who's brand of christianity?

If this is supposedly a "christian nation," then which "christians" does it "belong" to?


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