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Subject: Re: "Congress shall make no law..."
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From: Just Wondering <JW@jw.com>
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On 12/20/2022 7:11 PM, !Jones wrote:
> 
>> "The right of the people to
>> keep and bear arms shall not be infringed" has a plain meaning
>> that on its face can readily be understood by the average citizen.
>> There is no hidden meaning or purpose.  Anyone who argues
>> otherwise is either ignorant, disingenuous, of lying.
> 
> Here we see a good example of a religion... at least the beginnings of
> one.  In a religion, the adherents believe the tenets on faith.
> Anything that challenges what they take on faith is simply "the lies
> of satan".
> 
> The sentence that ends: "... ,the right of the people to keep and bear
> arms shall not be infringed" contains 27 words in its original text;
> however, in a religion, that text was conceived by divine inspiration;
> thus, any part of it, whether taken out of context or not, is as
> perfect as the whole.
> 
> Another property of a religion is the belief in an anointed person to
> interpret the inspired writings from the mists of antiquity as these
> apply to our lives today.  This person (or group of people) speak with
> the authority of God.  Their edicts are tautological Truth and may not
> be challenged.
> 
> I'm not knocking religion.  People who cannot think critically need
> something that'll reduce to fit on a bumper sticker: "The Bible says
> it. I believe it. That settles it", is an old standby.
> 
It's simply incredible how you are able to pack so many false
assertions into so few words.