Is there a law being passed that we won't be allowed to carry our bibles on airplanes?
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Unfortunately yes, a bill is being reviewed in Congress over the possible ban of religious texts upon public transportation.  Luckily its not a very popular bill.  Seems like a violation of the separation of church and state clause in the constitution.
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Seperation of church and state only goes as far as the 1st ammendment specifies:\n\nCongress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.\n\nSwearing on a bible is not a law made by congress establishing religion, nor is it preventing the free practice thereof.  \n\nBTW, It is well established that a bible need not be used. You can simply take the oath.
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Bibles are not in every hotel room across the world, but they are in a lot of them. This is due to the fact the THE GIDEONS INTERNATIONAL, a fellowship association of Christian business professionals in over 175 countries around the world, wish to promote the Holy Bible (AKA The Gospel) of Christ to all people, so that they might come to know the Lord Jesus Christ as their personal Saviour. That is why the Holy Bible are in a lot of Hotel/Motel rooms. Now, a person does not have to pick up and read the Bible, that is your choice. And some Hotels/Motels choose not to carry the Bible, that is their choice.    \n\nA true Christian does not SHOVE anything into anyone face. God would not want that. A true Christian invites others to come to know Jesus of their own free will. God loves everyone in the world and God loves you too. But it's sad that many in the world chooses not to love him. \n\n"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life." - John 3:16\n\nI hope this answers your question.
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Let's clarify. Religious faith is itself not a problem. Spiritual belief is not a problem. Personal adherence to religious practice is not a problem.\n\nA problem DOES arise, however, when one set of beliefs is forced upon others. An earlier poster mentioned the First Amendment to the US Constitution. Ignoring for the moment that this is a US idea, and not generally acknowledged by much of the rest of the world, there are several provisions in that amendment.\n\nTwo of them are that the government will not establish or endorse any religion [Establishment Clause], nor will the government stop individuals from having/sharing/expressing their own beliefs [Free Exercise Clause].\n\nThe major problems in the world that I see (relative to this topic) are that localized majorities have gotten together and enacted laws that enforce a particular set of religious and moral beliefs. This forces everyone to follow those beliefs (or else break the law). This is true whether you're talking about Judeo-Christian morals being imposed in the US, or political ideals counter to those morals being imposed in China, or state establishment of religion as in much of the middle east, etc. \n\nFor any sort of unified government, there would need to be an explicit and deliberate attempt to REMOVE all religious influences from any adopted legal codes. Otherwise, you'll always be stuck with the majority imposing their beliefs on  the minority. And that's just might-makes-right bullying, whether performed legislatively or otherwise.
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We are heading toward a global economy that can track every item, every transaction and human traffic. Crime will be a thing of the past since that which would be illegal--drugs, human trafficing etc. will be legal (albiet highly taxed).\n\nTo accomplish this, the church would have to be removed first to avoid any interferance.
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The bible is designed for anyone to read it... but it can be hard to follow.. that's why we have churches. Just beware of the churches that bash every other church and "enforce" THEIR rules (most baptist churches)
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<squeeee>  Where'd you get *that bible??  I want one too!!  The bible I read didn't say cool stuff like that.  drat.  I was robbed!
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They've banned major religious symbols in general, I believe, in places such as public schools and government buildings. So a Jewish man can't wear a kippah, Christians can't wear giant crosses, etc. And I think it's to help prevent discrimination in the work place, but I disagree.
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You can look it up in the Bible. There are many laws said by God but perhaps nobody can comply all of them. If a country leader committed himself to the laws of Bible, there would not be so many wars as we do now. Well, I study law but I personally think there is no perfect legal system in this world, everything has its infirmity. It is because human has limited intelligence. A criminal won't think he should be prosecuted; a country leader think he has the right to embark a war, etc. As a Christian, I think the Universal Law has been stated in the Bible and the Lord is the only judge. The "constitutional law" in Bible are "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy mind." Matthew 22:37 and the second is "Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself." Matthew 22:39. Certainly these are not the only laws in Bible, and many to be discovered if we read through it. Well, I dun mind if you disagree with me and I would like to hear more voices out there.
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Bible says it not the Church-Thats why bibles are not locked
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their isn't...they are using the catholic's bible, only slightly modified (as my dad says- "hey, you have our book!")
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Its not a nationwide law, its specifc to the state and even to the municipality.  In New Orleans, they are very liberal with regard to walking around on the street with an open container.  In NYC, you can't do that, you'll get a ticket.
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that is fine except for the tiny fact it contradicts everything written before it. Before Jesus you will find no place in the bible that says that the Law is ever to be fulfilled.
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I have a real concern about this.  It is hard to believe this got through by attaching it to a Military spending bill.  I don't like the parallels it runs to the Biblical "Mark"\nWithout this National ID, you won't... \nDrive your car \nBoard a plane, train, or bus \nEnter any federal building \nOpen a bank account \nHold a job \nIf you can’t hold a job or have a bank account, how much buying and selling will you be able to do?
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Because we have countries that do not respect laws and think that their way of life enables them to kill anyone in the name of religion.  This is a way to restrict their travel.
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Catholic bishops, a long time ago.  It was more that they decided which books would NOT be in the Bible!
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Canada may have passed that law when they had Liberal leadership. I have heard that a new law is already in the works by the Conservatives to change that law.\n\nBut back to the US\n\nWe cannot have an amendment to the Constitution legalizing the marriage of homosexuals. It goes against the Bible!!!\nEver heard of Saddam and Gomorrah???