[Hoot Gibson]

A point to consider is the race and gender of the Framers. For a long stretch of American history, being white and male gave one a huge advantage, and if a wealthy land owner, as were the Framers, even better. I am not saying white Americans are evil. I am not saying you particular white men haven't earned whatever you have. I am making no assumption except that you are white and male. That makes you a privileged group in American history. That's not even controversial. The gender and race and social status of the Framers mattered, and it makes textualism or original intent or whatever you want to call it an imperfect way of establishing and preserving a land of freedom and equality for all.

If you are going to set yourself up as a victim of evil white males, then please provide the following information about yourself so that others may treat you in the delicate manner that you believe you deserve:

1. Race(s)

2. Sex (M, F, H, M but formerly F, F but formerly M, Other)

3. Age

4. Religion

5. Sexual orientation (Heterosexual, Homosexual, Bisexual, Trisexual, Asexual, Other)

6. Ear size (small, normal, Obama jumbo sized, None)

7. Skin pigment (White, Light Brown, Dark Brown, Yellow, Red, Elizabeth Warren Red, Donald Trump Orange, None (Albino))

8. Handedness (Right, Left, Ambidextrous, Total Klutz, None)

9. List any other physical attribute or lifestyle choice that might cause you to misinterpret the ridicule of poorly supported positions for something else.

Thanks for participating in this survey.

[jetpilot]

Two more points on this subject:

1. Incredible amount of hate being spewed by the left on Twitter toward Justice Scalia. If the shoe were on the other foot and say Ruth Bader Ginsburg passed away, you wouldn't see but a small percentage of this type of hate. Not surprising though. Most of us know where most of the hate in this country comes from.

2. I hope Republicans in the Senate tackle the task of confirmation with the same enthusiasm the Dems tackled turning over info requested by Congress to get to the bottom of the IRS, Benghazi and Clinton server/email scandals. In fact, I would not set confirmation hearings at all until these issues that Dems have stonewalled forever are resolved. And I want to say in the strongest manner possible - let the liberals whine all they want. Let 'em suck on it.

[Hoot Gibson]

Two more points on this subject:

1. Incredible amount of hate being spewed by the left on Twitter toward Justice Scalia. If the shoe were on the other foot and say Ruth Bader Ginsburg passed away, you wouldn't see but a small percentage of this type of hate. Not surprising though. Most of us know where most of the hate in this country comes from.

2. I hope Republicans in the Senate tackle the task of confirmation with the same enthusiasm the Dems tackled turning over info requested by Congress to get to the bottom of the IRS, Benghazi and Clinton server/email scandals. In fact, I would not set confirmation hearings at all until these issues that Dems have stonewalled forever are resolved. And I want to say in the strongest manner possible - let the liberals whine all they want. Let 'em suck on it.

I agree on both counts. Clarence Thomas was trending yesterday as many liberals celebrated Scalia's death and expressed their hopes that Thomas will be next.

Cruz has pledged to filibuster any Obama SC nominee that McConnell sends to the floor for a vote. I don't trust McConnell to resist his natural tendency to cave to Obama as the election approaches.

[jetpilot]

I agree on both counts. Clarence Thomas was trending yesterday as many liberals celebrated Scalia's death and expressed their hopes that Thomas will be next.

Cruz has pledged to filibuster any Obama SC nominee that McConnell sends to the floor for a vote. I don't trust McConnell to resist his natural tendency to cave to Obama as the election approaches.

I no longer have much faith in McConnell but if he even allows a vote he is no better than Obama as far as I'm concerned. McConnell's legacy is already tarnished almost beyond repair, now he has a chance to try to start repairing it.

[TheRealThing]

I no longer have much faith in McConnell but if he even allows a vote he is no better than Obama as far as I'm concerned. McConnell's legacy is already tarnished almost beyond repair, now he has a chance to try to start repairing it.

That's if he can even fathom what you're talking about. The ideological and political differences between Mitch McConnell and your average Democrat are not all that significant. There is space between the RINO's and the Elizabeth Warren wing of the Dems, depending somewhat on one's perspective.

But Mitch would have to have a spiritual and constitutional rennaisanice before he would feel any remorse for the recent past. He despises the Freedom Caucus.

[The Urban Sombrero]

[quote=Hoot Gibson]If you are going to set yourself up as a victim of evil white males, then please provide the following information about yourself so that others may treat you in the delicate manner that you believe you deserve:

1. Race(s)

2. Sex (M, F, H, M but formerly F, F but formerly M, Other)

3. Age

4. Religion

5. Sexual orientation (Heterosexual, Homosexual, Bisexual, Trisexual, Asexual, Other)

6. Ear size (small, normal, Obama jumbo sized, None)

7. Skin pigment (White, Light Brown, Dark Brown, Yellow, Red, Elizabeth Warren Red, Donald Trump Orange, None (Albino))

8. Handedness (Right, Left, Ambidextrous, Total Klutz, None)

9. List any other physical attribute or lifestyle choice that might cause you to misinterpret the ridicule of poorly supported positions for something else.

Thanks for participating in this survey.[/QUO

While I commend you for the survey, I didn't need it. The idea that those in power will write a Constitution that serves the interest of keeping them in power is not new. It also doesn't mean the document is necessarily bad or wicked or evil. It means imperfect men can't write a perfect document empty of self-interest. And, outrageous injustice shouldn't have to wait 140 years for remedy, nor be subject to the whim and fancy of the majority.

[The Urban Sombrero]

Also, celebrating Justice Scalia's death is odious. Ginsberg grieves because she lost a close friend. Social media has utterly ended civil discourse.

[RunItUpTheGut]

Im gone for a day and somebody lets a stranded liberal in. nicker:

It wont last long, just like the others im sure.

Im almost tired of trying to explain the ways liberalism doesn't work and those with mental deficiencies try to make it so.

The time has come where media manipulation and the MSNBC talking points that the "urban sombrero" above uses just is not working anymore.
FINALLY, people are pissed off enough to not care about how they are perceived. I for one have never been ashamed of my beliefs that extend to the furthest right on the political spectrum when it comes to social and financial issues.
The liberals way of running this country has failed time and time again. Whats disturbing is the discourse over who you will elect next. A self proclaimed Socialist in this country, the same country Democracy and free market enterprise shines, and where being labeled a communist/socialist just 50 years ago would have had you in a bunker under CIA headquarters (and rightfully so) or picking a pathological liar who should be in prison. I just cant fathom how you live with yourself.
We understand the liberals wants and needs to destroy the constitution (a document which cannot be altered, destroyed, or picked apart) but why the need to act like you will ever accomplish that is amazing.

Sorry if I don't have any white guilt what so ever. I do not feel bad for the illegal Mexican babies that are brought to this country, I do not feel bad for illegals who should be shot on site when crossing the border as the terrorist they are, I do not feel bad for the LGBTQMFGRS community that wants me to accept that they have a right to be glamorized for the mental illness, and I simply do not care if your an inner city African American who feels cops are gaining up on you when in reality, 99% of the cases are thugs who, if white, should have the same thing done to them. I also have no feelings or compassion for any non American that we send aid money to (cough IRAN cough) when we have veterans and children here in much more need of that "aid". Id also like to add that I care nothing for the whites who feel theyre being picked on for a redneck flag that nobody really cares or gives two shats about anyways. I also believe its time to call Islam what it is...a hate group and identify it as a terrorist organization. There may be some good Muslims, who knows, I only know the ones on TV blowing shat up, but if it saves even one AMERICAN life, then none of these things should be tolerated in a democracy. If stopping all Mexicans from crossing the border saves just one person from being killed in our country, then it is worth the millions of them who may die there.

The liberal left is great at picking there agendas wisely, and they have done so for far to long. The whining and complaining needs to come to an end. We do not need political leaders who fund health care to non working citizens or SORRY THERE CHILDREN, which are not mine, we need a cold hearted, non caring, asshole who tells you to shove it.
Im sure ill never get my wish, because none of the candidates today are even close to being as conservative as I wish them to be, but if you combine the smarts and ideals of a Cruz with the attitude of a Trump, you may be getting on the right path for me.

In other words, I simply do not care in any form or fashion, if any of these people who are against those ideas have anything to say or complain about. It furthers my stance on eradicating those beliefs from society.

I would get into the environmentalist and global warming hoax of today, but I simply do not have the time to do that and work for tax money to support liberals both in the same day.

[Truth]

The Urban Sombrero is a perfect example of why the death of Justice Scalia is so devastating to the future of the United States. Obama will obviously nominate (not appoint as the liberal media spins) a radical misfit who will espouse the philosophy of fools like him and his ignorant followers like The Urban Sombrero.

The "new court" will steadfastly support the increased influence of abortionists, homosexuals, criminals, illegal aliens, welfare kings and queens, secularists, minorities of all flavors, and various and sundry fringe groups. Who will suffer? Obviously, the main group that will suffer is traditional Christians who believe in absolutes. Taxpayers won't fare well. Neither will victims of crime.

Who is at fault? Above all, it is the multitude of fools who elected an anti-American abomination like Obama. For those who are appalled by the arrogance and stupidity of this piece of excrement, The Urban Sombrero, keep in mind that many of you caused this situation by voting as you did.

Yes. The United States as you know and love it likely died Saturday and the USSC is likely corrupted for the remainder of most of your lives. As one who has taught constitutional law for many years, I can honestly state that as a fact.

[The Urban Sombrero]

[quote=Truth]The Urban Sombrero is a perfect example of why the death of Justice Scalia is so devastating to the future of the United States. Obama will obviously nominate (not appoint as the liberal media spins) a radical misfit who will espouse the philosophy of fools like him and his ignorant followers like The Urban Sombrero.

The "new court" will steadfastly support the increased influence of abortionists, homosexuals, criminals, illegal aliens, welfare kings and queens, secularists, minorities of all flavors, and various and sundry fringe groups. Who will suffer? Obviously, the main group that will suffer is traditional Christians who believe in absolutes. Taxpayers won't fare well. Neither will victims of crime.

Who is at fault? Above all, it is the multitude of fools who elected an anti-American abomination like Obama. For those who are appalled by the arrogance and stupidity of this piece of excrement, The Urban Sombrero, keep in mind that many of you caused this situation by voting as you did.

Yes. The United States as you know and love it likely died Saturday and the USSC is likely corrupted for the remainder of most of your lives. As one who has taught constitutional law for many years, I can honestly state that as a fact.[/QUOT

Do you yearn for the America of the 1950's? By the way, I did not vote for Barack Obama. My last vote for President was for Ralph Nader in the Gore v. Bush election. I simply do not believe "original intent" or "textualism" is the be all end all. I prefer the approach that was taken by William Brennan, who was also a great jurist. I think calling people "excrement" is mostly a way of shutting down debate. I know it doesn't sit well with a profession of Christianity. I hope you do not refer to students who disagree with you that way.

[The Urban Sombrero]

"Truth" (did you accuse me of arrogance with that screened?) I wonder if, in your teaching, you ever assigned the speech Justice Brennan gave at the Text and Teaching Symposium at Georgetown University on October 12, 1985? It is an eloquent, brilliant statement by a jurist of towering intellect. Or did you just assign that which you believed?

[TheRealThing]

Intentionally screwing up the quote function ain't fooling anybody there RV.

[Truth]

"Truth" (did you accuse me of arrogance with that screened?) I wonder if, in your teaching, you ever assigned the speech Justice Brennan gave at the Text and Teaching Symposium at Georgetown University on October 12, 1985? It is an eloquent, brilliant statement by a jurist of towering intellect. Or did you just assign that which you believed?

No surprise that you seem enthralled by Nader and Brennan. Having gone to a typical liberal state-funded law school (located in Lexington, KY), I was exposed to the liberal darling, Ralph Nader. While some of the radical and rather amoral professors loved him, most students saw him as a discontented troublemaker much better suited to live in Communist Russia far away from Capitalists and Christians.

As for Brennan, it should be noted that President Eisenhower stated on numerous occasions, using a goodly number of expletives to describe his disdain for his errors, that the two worst mistakes of his professional life were naming two left-wing reprobates, Earl Warren and William Brennan, to the USSC. Considering Eisenhower's vast background, responsibilities, positions, accomplishments, leadership, and influence, his assessment of Warren and Brennen was profound.

Thus, no one should be surprised at all that you admire Nader and Brennan. One would expect nothing else from a humanist misfit. I'll bet the inexperienced (ie: never practiced) legal mind, Obama, fully agrees with you. And that is the problem. Obama will nominate, not appoint, another radical like Brennan.

Since the exercise is called "advise and consent", Obama can nominate (advise) whatever left wing fruit or nut he chooses. However, the US Senate can reject or accept as it pleases. That is its duty. That is how the "consent" part of the process works. And, as I recall, prior to the eventual confirmation of Kennedy, your Democrat Senate rejected probably the most qualified nominee of the last fifty years, Robert Bork, because he was a Constitutional Conservative. As we say in the law, the precedent is set. Republicans, even in light of an obvious negative spin from the sucklings in the media, must do their duty. The future of the Republic is in danger. Thinking people know this is true. Don't doubt it.

[TheRealThing]

The Urban Sombrero is a perfect example of why the death of Justice Scalia is so devastating to the future of the United States. Obama will obviously nominate (not appoint as the liberal media spins) a radical misfit who will espouse the philosophy of fools like him and his ignorant followers like The Urban Sombrero.

The "new court" will steadfastly support the increased influence of abortionists, homosexuals, criminals, illegal aliens, welfare kings and queens, secularists, minorities of all flavors, and various and sundry fringe groups. Who will suffer? Obviously, the main group that will suffer is traditional Christians who believe in absolutes. Taxpayers won't fare well. Neither will victims of crime.

Who is at fault? Above all, it is the multitude of fools who elected an anti-American abomination like Obama. For those who are appalled by the arrogance and stupidity of this piece of excrement, The Urban Sombrero, keep in mind that many of you caused this situation by voting as you did.

Yes. The United States as you know and love it likely died Saturday and the USSC is likely corrupted for the remainder of most of your lives. As one who has taught constitutional law for many years, I can honestly state that as a fact.

I can accept what you have said in the form of an indictment of America. When I say things like I am about to say, many times I get the 'roll eyes' for having done so. However, in the day of the soon coming calamity, such statements will get nods of acceptance.

Those who study Scripture are familiar with the fact that the Israel of the Old Testament lived in an endless cycle of repentance and backsliding. The reason is because every successive generation rejects the wisdom of the one before. The youth of all peoples follow this same pattern of rejecting the wisdom of their elders as passé and non-applicable. And just as reliably, every time Israel turned her back on God, calamity fell upon them. Unbelievably in the case of Israel, God took the extraordinary step (or steps) of warning His people. If the continued to ignore His law, judgment was coming, and this message or warning was made clearly and without potential for misunderstanding through the prophets. And what did the people of Israel do with this vital information? The did what the present generation is doing, they blew it off.

The mistake I have made in my life is to assume that because I knew the truth, and have repeated the truth often to those around me, that they would accept it and incorporate that precious knowledge into their own lives. Well guess what? It don't happen exactly that way. Though some of it sticks, most does not, and as a consequence the appropriate lumps are administered by the dean of the school of hard knocks. This truth, the fact that man suffers a generational moral drop off, is what King Solomon was trying to get across in
Ecclesiastes 1:9-11 (KJV)
9 "The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun."
10 Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us.
11 There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be any remembrance of things that are to come with those that shall come after."

We fail to get the message across to our youth, and they are susceptible to being led astray. That is how America has so soon forgotten the hard lessons of WW2, the formula to economic success of the recent past, and the spiritual ramifications associated with the moral readjudication of God's Word. (Such as in the case of legalizing the homosexual lifestyle by the SCOTUS, or what may be surprising to some, abortion on demand and affirmative action) There is a reason that man writhes in travail and that is because he never, and I mean never learns. This idea therefore, espoused and preached by the Obama Administration which holds that man is evolving is absurd then, on its face. Rather, he is instead mutating and becoming even more perverse and resistant to God's rule.

The great ones such as Justice Scalia and others who led this nation from the dark days of WW2 and the boom times of the Regan/Clinton era, are either dying off, or fading into retirement. Those who have filled their shoes thus far, have been inferior in every way, and I fear that is just one more validation to those who say we live in the final days of God's prophetic timetable. So, the Sombrero and others like him who can't wait to dismantle the viability of the Constitution, all the while denying the credibility of our traditional conservative values and our Christian roots, may live to see their dream fulfilled.

The nightmarish fortunes of the apocalypse are upon us IMHO. And frankly, there may not be much that I can do to slow it's approach. But, I can say that I intend to go down fighting (in the spiritual sense) because that is what I believe the Lord would have me do. Things may be out of hand, but right is still right, and ours' is to run the race with patience.

[64SUR]

Eastern,Kentucky stand alone we need help.....:igiveup:

[TheRealThing]

No surprise that you seem enthralled by Nader and Brennan. Having gone to a typical liberal state-funded law school (located in Lexington, KY), I was exposed to the liberal darling, Ralph Nader. While some of the radical and rather amoral professors loved him, most students saw him as a discontented troublemaker much better suited to live in Communist Russia far away from Capitalists and Christians.

As for Brennan, it should be noted that President Eisenhower stated on numerous occasions, using a goodly number of expletives to describe his disdain for his errors, that the two worst mistakes of his professional life were naming two left-wing reprobates, Earl Warren and William Brennan, to the USSC. Considering Eisenhower's vast background, responsibilities, positions, accomplishments, leadership, and influence, his assessment of Warren and Brennen was profound.

Thus, no one should be surprised at all that you admire Nader and Brennan. One would expect nothing else from a humanist misfit. I'll bet the inexperienced (ie: never practiced) legal mind, Obama, fully agrees with you. And that is the problem. Obama will nominate, not appoint, another radical like Brennan.

Since the exercise is called "advise and consent", Obama can nominate (advise) whatever left wing fruit or nut he chooses. However, the US Senate can reject or accept as it pleases. That is its duty. That is how the "consent" part of the process works. And, as I recall, prior to the eventual confirmation of Kennedy, your Democrat Senate rejected probably the most qualified nominee of the last fifty years, Robert Bork, because he was a Constitutional Conservative. As we say in the law, the precedent is set. Republicans, even in light of an obvious negative spin from the sucklings in the media, must do their duty. The future of the Republic is in danger. Thinking people know this is true. Don't doubt it.

I watched the Robert Bork confirmation hearings. I saw the grimacing Joe Biden's merciless campaign to redefine and destroy the career of a great man and jurist in the person of Judge Bork. That proceeding along with the Clinton impeachment proceedings opened my eyes to what I might call nuclear level guile.

Mother Jones and The Wonkette like to cite Brennan all the time. They feel his views lend credibility to their lunacies.

[The Urban Sombrero]

"A humanist misfit"... Well, better than excrement I guess. Do you happen to recall what prompted Ike to say that of Brennan? Since I doubt you read Brennan's speech, let me give one quote:
" If we are to be as a shining city upon a hill, it will be because of our ceaseless pursuit of the Constitutional ideal of human dignity.". Also, how can a person read Revelation 18 and at least not give pause to ponder the rise of the corporate state and the worship of mammon as the ultimate devaluer of the dignity of the individual human being? "Blessed are the poor...woe unto the rich"?

[The Urban Sombrero]

If you have ever talked to folks who live around a CAFO, and hear the before and afters, you get a glimpse of why Ralph Nader argues a key function of the SCOTUS is to protect the individual from political power and corporate wealth joined at the hip.

[The Urban Sombrero]

Here is a question, "Truth": Did the SCOTUS overreach in striking down Jim Crow laws? How do those decisions intersect with textualism?

[Truth]

"A humanist misfit"... Well, better than excrement I guess. Do you happen to recall what prompted Ike to say that of Brennan? Since I doubt you read Brennan's speech, let me give one quote:
" If we are to be as a shining city upon a hill, it will be because of our ceaseless pursuit of the Constitutional ideal of human dignity.". Also, how can a person read Revelation 18 and at least not give pause to ponder the rise of the corporate state and the worship of mammon as the ultimate devaluer of the dignity of the individual human being? "Blessed are the poor...woe unto the rich"?

Human dignity? Now that must be in the eyes of the beholder. Brennan supported federal control of abortion rights. Science, through DNA, proves conclusively that a baby is a separate human being from the moment of conception. I notice that you abortion supporters don't argue science anymore. Thus, the willful destruction of an innocent by the woman carrying the innocent is hardly "human dignity". It is premeditated murder.

While you are reading Revelation 18, turn to Psalm 139. It is straight forward and leaves nothing to interpretation.

Don't use the Holy Bible to support your secular humanist philosophy. It doesn't work.

[Truth]

Here is a question, "Truth": Did the SCOTUS overreach in striking down Jim Crow laws? How do those decisions intersect with textualism?

Give us a relevant definition of what you call "Jim Crow laws". I don't humor vague references well.

[The Urban Sombrero]

Bus laws in Alabama, from seating to ticket counters to waiting areas. Nurse laws saying a white female nurse did not have to go in a black male's room.... And it is intellectually clever, but dishonest, to play like you don't know what Jim Crow laws did.

[The Urban Sombrero]

Don't worry, "Truth," having met up with the ad hominem crowd many times before, my Bible reading and interpretation don't include you as the spirit of truth. Not that you are a liar, or insincere, or any such cabal. I respect your dignity enough to refrain from the kind of debate in which you engage.

[TheRealThing]

"A humanist misfit"... Well, better than excrement I guess. Do you happen to recall what prompted Ike to say that of Brennan? Since I doubt you read Brennan's speech, let me give one quote:
" If we are to be as a shining city upon a hill, it will be because of our ceaseless pursuit of the Constitutional ideal of human dignity.". Also, how can a person read Revelation 18 and at least not give pause to ponder the rise of the corporate state and the worship of mammon as the ultimate devaluer of the dignity of the individual human being? "Blessed are the poor...woe unto the rich"?

LOL, it's always amazed me to see that so many people whose pastimes are so thoroughly dominated with rock throwing happen to live in glass houses. Revelation Chapter 18 speaks of the day, and in fact the mere lapse of 'one hour' in which the world system of finance will fall.

That's why your diverse portfolio will not be spared in that day. One nation's wealth will not be in question, it will be the wealth of the world. There will be no fall back, no safe haven in which savvy investors can shelter their money. James 5:3 (KJV)
3 Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.

[The Urban Sombrero]

LOL, it's always amazed me to see that so many people whose pastimes are so thoroughly dominated with rock throwing happen to live in glass houses. Revelation Chapter 18 speaks of the day, and in fact the mere lapse of 'one hour' in which the world system of finance will fall.

That's why your diverse portfolio will not be spared in that day. One nation's wealth will not be in question, it will be the wealth of the world. There will be no fall back, no safe haven in which savvy investors can shelter their money. James 5:3 (KJV)
3 Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.

While not sure what rocks I threw except to say being born white in America has been advantageous to this point in our history, I do agree with what you say here. Except "in one hour" open to a bit of interpretation. My portfolio isn't very diverse...lol

[TheRealThing]

While not sure what rocks I threw except to say being born white in America has been advantageous to this point in our history, I do agree with what you say here. Except "in one hour" open to a bit of interpretation. My portfolio isn't very diverse...lol

Well, up pops that issue you've got with originalism again. The text says; Revelation 18:17 (KJV)
17 For in one hour so great riches is come to nought.

[The Urban Sombrero]

Well, up pops that issue you've got with originalism again. The text says; Revelation 18:17 (KJV)
17 For in one hour so great riches is come to nought.

When Scripture says that to the Lord, "a day is as a thousand years and a thousand years is as a day" that is a statement about time having no meaning to an eternal being. "In one hour" in Scripture also can mean a very small amount of temporal time. Isn't what you just did a bit of gnat straining?

[Truth]

Bus laws in Alabama, from seating to ticket counters to waiting areas. Nurse laws saying a white female nurse did not have to go in a black male's room.... And it is intellectually clever, but dishonest, to play like you don't know what Jim Crow laws did.

I am quite familiar with my interpretation of what liberals like to demonize as Jim Crow laws. My interpretation does not necessarily coincide with those of you and the left.

For example, I believe strongly in the right of free association though it is not specifically set forth in the US Constitution. Of course, liberal courts have created a lot of "rights" that are not mentioned, nor contemplated, in the document.

I am far more concerned with the legalization of the premeditated murder of innocent babies by the women who, through their explicit behavior, produced another human life, than I am with whether or not a white nurse treats a black male patient or with whether or not a black is comfortable with his/her seat on a bus.

[Truth]

When Scripture says that to the Lord, "a day is as a thousand years and a thousand years is as a day" that is a statement about time having no meaning to an eternal being. "In one hour" in Scripture also can mean a very small amount of temporal time. Isn't what you just did a bit of gnat straining?

While I would agree that the Holy Bible tends to lend itself to interpretation, the admonition against murdering is absolute. Too many people get a preconceived belief and then go to the Scriptures, not to ascertain the meaning presented, but to back up their own preconceived notion. That is not open to personal prejudice when addressing the protection of all human life.

[RunItUpTheGut]

Segregation nicker:

The go to when all else has failed.
This is 2016. It was not the Republicans who wished segregation on anyone....