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In reply to the discussion: Judge rules: Jesus statue can stay [View all]premium
(3,731 posts)11. And some of my former comrades, USFS Rangers,
will be arresting you for destruction of private property. You are under the assumption that just because it's on Federal land, you have the right to knock it down, well, I'm here to tell you that you're 100% wrong.
The only fight that would break out would be between you and Rangers and I can guarantee that you would lose.
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Seriously, I had no idea that Jeebus could ski. What color slope is that? Looks like a blue.
Buzz Clik
Jun 2013
#1
Actually, it sounds like you just proposed a test that can be empirically evaluated on the statue.
AtheistCrusader
Jun 2013
#2
"The statue does not convey to a reasonable informed observer that the government rather than
DainBramaged
Jun 2013
#3
I've driven through areas of Virginia where there are three crosses on the hills
DainBramaged
Jun 2013
#19
What? American has no Religion? That is not what the UN has said over the years
happyslug
Jun 2013
#33
But Jesus was Jewish. How could anyone infer definitively that it refers to Christianity instead of
24601
Jun 2013
#46
So you're of the opinion the Taliban had the right to destroy Buddah statues in Afghanistan?
OnlinePoker
Jun 2013
#9
I am an atheist, but I would never commit the violent act of knocking it over.
RebelOne
Jun 2013
#18
As long as USFS leases land for other religious/non-religious private monuments, then no problem
askeptic
Jun 2013
#24
I want to see a Star of David, The Affirmations of Secular Humanism, a Buddha, Satanic Pentagram...
Ian David
Jun 2013
#28
leave this statue alone... if you didn't complain 50 years ago, you are too late.
secondwind
Jun 2013
#25
Seems a statue of a bearded man in a robe is not necessarily a support of religion.
Kablooie
Jun 2013
#44