***This is a story of a “heretic king” and a HERETIC “court.” It is a brief summary of damage done to ancient Egypt and modern America. A “heretic king” and a HERETIC ‘court” declare THEY know better; THEIR version of religion was THE correct one; THEY imposed radical beliefs on unwilling publics; THEY violated centuries of what people had come to respect and expect.
1] National Geographic: “King Tut and The Golden Age of Pharaohs:
A] page 18: “Egypt was in turmoil when Tut took the throne. Years before, the pharaoh Akhenaten..had turned tradition upside down..”
B] page 43: “..the heretic pharaoh Akhenaten threw Egypt into turmoil by turning his back on the old gods and neglecting affairs abroad…plunge Egypt into religious revolution that shattered centuries of tradition…brought the vast and powerful Egyptian empire to the brink of collapse.”
2] Michael Hayes: “The Egyptians”:
A] page 117: “Akhenaten’s new order was a reversal of what Egyptians had taken for granted. He had changed the old balance of Egyptian religious life…Akhenaten used his kingship to break the cherished Egyptian reverence for their old beliefs and practices.”
3] internet: “World History Encyclopedia”: “To those who came after Akhenaten: “..he was the “heretic king” and “the enemy” whose memory needed to be erased.”
4] Wikipedia: “This culture shift away from traditional religion was reversed after his death. Akhenaten’s monuments were dismantled and hidden, his statues were destroyed, and his name excluded from lists of rulers..”
***** KEY POINTS; “…Egypt in turmoil..had turned tradition upside down..plunge Egypt into a religious revolution that shattered centuries of tradition..”
“..a reversal of what Egyptians had taken for granted..changed the old balance of Egyptian religious life..”
5] The Roberts-McConnell-Leo-Trump HERETIC “court”. HAS put America in turmoil; HAS shattered centuries of tradition; IA a reversal of what Americans have taken for granted; HAS changed the old balance of American religious life. PERIOD.
6] America’s oldest tradition: SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE. Roger Williams; 1657 Flushing Remonstrance; royal charters for Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, Maryland; 1776-1800 state constitutions; Madison’s Memorial and Remonstrance; 1787 Northwest Ordinance; Madison’s first Amendment One proposal: “The Civil Rights of none shall be abridged on account of religious belief or worship, nor shall any national religion be established, nor shall the full and equal rights of conscience be in any manner, nor on any pretext infringed.”
7] see Leonard Levy’s “The Establishment Clause” for voluminous evidence from Baptist preachers, petitions from Virginia evangelicals, state constitutions. ALL DEMANDING ‘SEPARATION. OF. CHURCH. AND. STATE.” A top fear, perhaps. THE. top fear of ordinary founding generations of Americans: a church they didn’t attend would seek to control their lives.
8] see Edwin Gaustad’s “Faith of the Founders.” Four 1776-1800 state constitutions forbad a “religious test for office” [Article VI] Eight 1776-1800 state constitutions prohibited an active minister from their government. ****** Time Out! THINK ON THIS – banned an active minister from government!!!!!!!!!!! – Just what are 1776-1800 Americans saying about “separation of church and state”. -WITH THAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Most had this: “There shall be no establishment of any one religious sect in this State in preference to another..” **** ANY doubt what they meant????????
9] Gaustad, page 141: 1776 North Carolina constitution, Articles XXXIV: “..neither shall any person, on any pretense whatsoever, be compelled to attend any place of worship contrary to his own faith or judgment, nor be obliged to pay, for the purchase of any glebe, or the building of any house of worship, or for the maintenance of any minister or ministry, contrary to what he believes right, or has voluntarily and personally engaged to perform..”
***** ON ANY PRETENSE WHATSOEVER compelled to support any church not voluntarily his
********** NOW, dear people: study the 2005-2022 HERETIC “court” record for all the OBVIOUS. VIOLATIONS of what the founding generations said, intended, WROTE. about “separation of church and state”
10] CLEAR FOUNDING GENERATIONS INTENTS: 1]. no church YOU don’t attend can have ANY legal ability to force YOU to follow its dogma [DOBBS!!!!!!!]; 2] no church YOU don’t attend can have ANY access to YOUR tax dollars [many decisions!]; 3]. YOU do NOT have to pay for maintaining ANY religious buildings; 4] the religious dogma of NO church can be put into American law [anti-contraceptive]; 5] neither YOU or ANY taxpayers can be forced to subsidize another church’s schools – in ANY manner.
11] Constitution’s Preamble: the U.S. government is created to: “..form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility..promote the general Welfare..”
********* the HERETIC ‘court’ has violated ALL those requirements: its radical decisions have divided Americans; have made a MOCKERY of “Justice;” have insured there would be no domestic Tranquility; by aiding political corruption [Citizens United, allowing gerrymandering, Shelby County] have done the OPPOSITE of promoting the general Welfare.
********** the HERETIC ‘court” has violated American traditions on religion; on what a “well-regulated militia” is; on political corruption [the Founders’ number one fear]; on ‘no man is above or below the law” – and, in so doing. “..threw [America] into turmoil.”
12]. IRONY DEPARTMENT!!! – public prayer. The HERETIC ‘court” so eager to reward favored clients [which they promised they did NOT have!!!], said a football coach was ENTITLED to pray on the 50-yard line after games [no matter how much pain THAT inflicted on players], apparently in massive ignorance of what the Christian religion’s founder said in Matthew 6: 5-6: “When you pray, do not do as the hypocrites do, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the corners of streets, so that they may be seen by men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward. Instead, when you pray, enter your room and shut the door, and pray to thy Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret shall reward you openly.”
13] SINISTER DEPARTMENT – creation of super citizens above the law. By numerous decisions, the HERETIC ‘court” has made a MOCKERY of “equal justice under law”. by elevating those who claim “sincerely held religious beliefs”. above laws other Americans are required to follow, even during a world-wide pandemic.
14] DAMAGE DEPARTMENT – the Egyptians had an advantage over America. After the “heretic king” died they could tear down his statues and erase his memory. After the HERETIC “court” is no more, it will be much more difficult to erase THEIR memory and reverse all the DAMAGE IT HAS INFLICTED. Not to just the concept of a nation under fair law, but to ALL the various social and governmental institutions, and even more – to all the innocent ordinary Americans whose lives have been DAMAGED.
The various corruptions will be, in many cases, very difficult to undo: the people who couldn’t vote, the people unjustly dealt with, damage done to Americans faith in government and law, the CORRUPT LAWS enacted.
There is considerable evidence Americans have left organized religions due to the politicalization of religion, some of this attributable to the words and actions of the HERETICAL ‘court.”
The fact this HERETIC ‘court” is made up of 6 members all raised in one conservative fundamentalist church has only increased opposition and resentment by the American public. That many radical decisions reflect the dogma of their church put into law is beginning to stain the “court” as a real court, a respected American institution.
When serious articles about this HERETIC ‘court” talk in terms of “a Catholic Court,” or recently {Jan-Feb, 2023 The Atlantic} say the infamous Dobbs. decision is “..a victory for the bishops” and that the judicial branch “structure of appointed potentates resembles the Church hierarchy,: we – as a nation – are in very dangerous waters.
As dissenting Supreme Court Justices have said, many/most of the HERETIC “court’s” wounds have been self-inflicted by the HERETIC PHARAOHS themselves. God may NOT be able to save this “court.”
With Justice For All 