tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post1493066788805162563..comments2024-03-18T21:09:10.627-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/19/24: Rob Sherman: Atheist. Activist. Asshole.Neil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-64437625150707767122016-12-13T15:14:47.202-06:002016-12-13T15:14:47.202-06:00Well said and historically true, Tom.Well said and historically true, Tom.Privatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10757585399827295128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-5516463076880364342016-12-13T13:10:42.047-06:002016-12-13T13:10:42.047-06:00A nice warts and all assessment. He pursued a wort...A nice warts and all assessment. He pursued a worthy enough cause, but muddied the waters considerably by giving people the impression that separation of church and state is an atheistic doctrine. A few of the Founders may have been atheists; most were lukewarm Christians or Deists. They were united in a resolve to keep the long history of state-abetted religious persecution from being imported to American shores. As Thomas Jefferson famously observed: "The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. But it does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg."<br /><br />And Mr. Madison, who wrote the First Amendment and considered it the most important of them all said, "Who does not see that the same authority which can establish Christianity in exclusion of all other religions, may establish with the same ease any particular sect of Christianity in exclusion of all others." <br /><br />Tom Evans Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09641357239788323783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-22167792476651707192016-12-13T09:18:05.015-06:002016-12-13T09:18:05.015-06:00If there were more people like Mr. Sherman in gove...If there were more people like Mr. Sherman in government maybe we wouldn't have laws that say it's ok to discriminate if you say it's my religion. Christian law good, others bad.For a while I thought Rand Paul was going to be that kind of asshole thet Sherman was, but he turned out to be just a regular one.Just Mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18208568524571642633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-9712913147119521612016-12-13T08:21:33.400-06:002016-12-13T08:21:33.400-06:00As an atheist, my attitude toward Sherman was much...As an atheist, my attitude toward Sherman was much like yours--half admiring, half embarrassed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-1853560999966141792016-12-13T07:37:45.938-06:002016-12-13T07:37:45.938-06:00I agonized a bit over the headline. I knew it was ...I agonized a bit over the headline. I knew it was funny, but the guy did just die, and does have family, friends etc. That's why I didn't run this Sunday -- it was ready to go. I figured, wait a couple days. Neil Steinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-47672612570764213052016-12-13T07:14:03.135-06:002016-12-13T07:14:03.135-06:00First obituary I ever read that made me literally ...First obituary I ever read that made me literally laugh out loud. Woke my wife up. God damn it!<br /><br />johntatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10088632798195131329noreply@blogger.com