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Letter: Keep church, state separate

By Stephen J. Brees , LA CENTER
Published: July 31, 2024, 6:00am

I don’t have a problem with the Ten Commandments. I have a problem with the first four. The first four commandments expect me to worship this one god, and at least one day out of seven tell him what a great guy he is.

If he was great when the walls of Jericho fell, then yes, he was great. But I don’t consider it great when he insisted there be no survivors, a pattern of genocide that continued for generations, called the “curse of destruction.” That’s a lot of humans hacked to death for what amounts to fuzzy reasons.

Was he a great guy? You won’t hear me say it. When it came to humans, the only god that actually cared about us was Yeshua (Jesus). He never killed a human.

There is a wall between government and religion. As an American GI, I recommend we keep it.

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