Hucakbee - Preacher-in-Chief? (News) (Commentary)

Given my political persuasion, Mike Huckabee is a scary guy to be running for President of the U.S. Obviously there are a lot of folks out there who disagree – they want this nation to become the United States of Jesus - they keep voting for Mike Huckabee. Recently Huckabee has been making more and more comments about turning this into an intolerant religious state – a country for Christians only.

Here’s a bit from CBS news…

LYNCHBURG, VA. -- "I always cringe when I hear people talk about throwing away the vote when they vote their conscience," Mike Huckabee told reporters today. "That's what voting is - voting is voting with your conscience, it's voting with your convictions."

Earlier, he spoke at Thomas Road Baptist Church, the pulpit of the late Dr. Jerry Falwell. Lacing together the relationship between religion and state, he delivered a short speech about how moral clarity decreases the need for more government and more law.

"Frankly, we really don't need a lot of law if we are people of morality," he said to the congregation of over 7,000. "There are only ten basic laws that we need. If you think about it, the Ten Commandments cover it all."

"The reason law gets more complicated is because we try to figure out clever ways around those ten," he said to applause.

In case you don't remember the ten commandments, I've posted them below as they appear in the Book of Exodus. There is another version in the Bible, but they are pretty close in content. (The numbers in this passage refer to verses in the Bible, not to the commandment numbers.)

2 I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery;
3 Do not have any other gods before Me.
4 You shall not make for yourself an idol, whether in the form of anything that is in heaven above, or that is on the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.
5 You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, punishing children for the iniquity of parents, to the third and the fourth generation of those who reject me,
6 but showing steadfast love to the thousandth generation of those who love me and keep my commandments.
7 You shall not make wrongful use of the name of the Lord your God, for the Lord will not acquit anyone who misuses his name.
8 Remember the Sabbath day and keep it holy.
9 For six days you shall labour and do all your work.
10 But the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God; you shall not do any work-you, your son or your daughter, your male or female slave, your livestock, or the alien resident in your towns.
11 For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but rested the seventh day; therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and consecrated it.
12 Honor your father and your mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.
13 You shall not murder.
14 You shall not commit adultery.
15 You shall not steal.
16 You shall not bear false witness against your neighbour.
17 You shall not covet your neighbour's house; you shall not covet your neighbour's wife, or male or female slave, or ox, or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbour.

And to summarize, here's a quick list...

Now, let's review what Huckabee is proposing for the law of the land.

The first four commandments all involve the God you MUST worship - by the law of Hucakbee you MUST worship Him. And check out the "graven image" thing - there go your statues of the Virgin Mary and all of the other saints - against the law. And saying the words "God damn it" would become a Federal crime worth about 30-years in prison. Saying "Jesus Christ" will mean another 20 years.

There is now water underneath the earth, not molten rock and gas. Just sayin'.

Work, shopping ... recreation on Sunday? Gone. Jews worshipping on Saturday? Gone. Wars? Gone (no killing). Study of evolution? Gone. Envious of your neighbors big-screen TV? A year in jail. Tell a lie? Off to the hoosegow - wait - does this include politicans who tell lies as well?

But the good news? Slavery is okay.

Do you think Mike Hucakee has even read the Ten Commandments?

There are a lot of idiots in this country.