Ten Commandments Reflections

I AM NOT SURPRISED BY IGNORANCE BY DAVID ARTHUR WALTERS The case of the granite shrine of the Decalogue inserted by Judge Roy Moore into the rotunda of the Alabama Judicial Building in 2001  is of importance to all those who love liberty. I have received various comments on my coverage of the event.  I am not surprised that many commentators did not read the entire text they commented on, and, instead, rendered a knee-jerk reaction to some portion or phrase because they think their ideology or theology is being attacked. I understand. I have done that myself. I happy that individuals have written long comments and articles on this case and on the general theme. While doing so, some of them insisted that this case is unimportant or impertinent, that it has no bearing on the American scheme of things, that it is not representative of a shift to the born-again self-righteous authoritarian government. They are sorely mistaken in my opinion. I can understand why people might be emb...

THE TEN PERCENT REVOLUTION BY DAVID ARTHUR WALTERS The 'Holy Bible' is a best-selling book today. It was not always so popular but was virtually the private property of a tiny priestly minority. It was written in classical language, and few people were literate. The cost to produce a single copy exceeded the cost of building a substantial house. In some parts of the world, the local spiritual leader had but a single copy in his possession, and we know of cases where people were charged with plagiary for secretly copying the text. With the advent of the Reformation, the invention of printing presses, the advances in literacy, and translations of scripture into vernacular languages, anyone may easily obtain and read a cheap copy of the Book - propagandists hand out the New Testament free of charge. Although the translations and interpretations of the ancient texts regularly distort the Word, which was and still is not fully understood in its original forms, many readers insist th...