Comments on: Escambia School Board Member, ‘Agnostic Pagan’ Battle Over Satanic Prayer

By: NDN

NDN — Mon, 26 Jan 2015 06:21:49 +0000

Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

By: Rural Geek

Rural Geek — Sun, 25 Jan 2015 18:04:18 +0000

What they wrote in the Treaty of Tripoli is accurate. The US Government structure is not based on Christianity, it is agnostic. But the actions of the founders prove that the modern interpretation of those that say the 1st amendment excludes Christian observances at government functions is factually incorrect.

The treaty was signed by President John Adams who also wrote in the Massachusetts Constitution:

“Article III. As the happiness of a people and the good order and preservation of civil government essentially depend upon piety, religion, and morality, and as these cannot be generally diffused through a community but by the institution of the public worship of God and of the public instructions in piety, religion, and morality: Therefore, To promote their happiness and to secure the good order and preservation of their government, the people of this commonwealth have a right to invest their legislature with power to authorize and require, and the legislature shall, from time to time, authorize and require, the several towns, parishes, precincts, and other bodies-politic or religious societies to make suitable provision, at their own expense, for the institution of the public worship of God and for the support and maintenance of public Protestant teachers of piety, religion, and morality in all cases where such provision shall not be made voluntarily.”

The Massachusetts Constitution is the oldest functioning constitution in the world.

Under the Constitution the government appointed a Senate chaplain, required that the first President attend church after inauguration, had the President sworn in on a Bible (not the Constitution), and held church services in the House of Representatives up until the Civil War. Thomas Jefferson, who is considered one of the least religious of the founding fathers, attended the services in the House while he was President.

The Founders may have not worshiped like modern evangelicals, but they were indeed mostly Christian. Even Thomas Jefferson believed in Jesus Christ and the morality of his teachings. He just did not believe in the meta-physical miracles but still believed in God.

By: BT

BT — Sun, 25 Jan 2015 15:13:17 +0000

Rural geek:

The Treaty of Tripoli, passed unanimously by the US Senate and drafted during the Washington administration reads, “The government of the United States is not in any sense founded on the christian religion.”

The early presidents and patriots were largely Deists or Unitarians.

By: steve

steve — Sun, 25 Jan 2015 13:05:02 +0000

The rules are pretty clear here. Separation of church and state.

By: chris in Molino

chris in Molino — Sat, 24 Jan 2015 23:30:11 +0000

@Tired of it & rural geek
And to those of you who read it. One of thousands of examples that there is definately a hidden agenda. Nothing is what it appears. With media and how your brainwashed into thinking Disney, MTV, Nickelodeon, etc. isn’t programming everything your child sees and hears. You really have no rights. Society is sick. Whether your a believer or not, you will soon see. All it will take is one “created” threat that causes computers (your idol) to crash and the gas and grocery trucks to stop coming. If your not killed by the mobs, you’ll cry for the govt to come take care of you (they thrive on dependency), and you’ll accept whatever conditions they impose.i.e. the chip, brainwashing (fema) camps. Im ready for the Lord Jesus, are you.

By: Sea Hag

Sea Hag — Sat, 24 Jan 2015 21:52:56 +0000

I’m not going to argue about religion in school or school-related activities, or whether Christianity is superior to any other religion. I’m just going to say this guy is nothing but an attention junkie. His logic is totally flawed and contradictory. He says Satan is a creation of the bible, which he rejects, yet he chants Satanic prayer. He says he is an agnostic, “a person who holds that the existence of the ultimate cause, as God, and the essential nature of things are unknown and unknowable, or that human knowledge is limited to experience”. He also claims to be a pantheist, who follows the doctrine that “God is the transcendent reality of which the material universe and human beings are only manifestations”. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to see this guy doesn’t know what he’s talking about, but the bottom line is that he rejects traditional religion and likes to make a scene.

By: david lamb

david lamb — Sat, 24 Jan 2015 15:42:52 +0000

There are rules of order for meetings, Roberts Rules of Order, There is usually a police officer or deputy present, if not have one there. .Have the individual removed from the meeting.

By: bk

bk — Sat, 24 Jan 2015 02:37:53 +0000

If Mr. Bergosh has no tolerance of those with different religions, he has NO business being in a public office.

By: Wondering

Wondering — Sat, 24 Jan 2015 02:23:07 +0000

why is this person not arrested for disturbing the peace. May God have mercy on us all is these perilous times.

By: Rural Geek

Rural Geek — Sat, 24 Jan 2015 01:53:54 +0000

Here’s you a civics lesson BT.

Three days before George Washington took the oath of office as the first president of the United States, Congress passed the following resolution: Resolved, That after the oath shall have been administered to the President, he, attended by the Vice President and members of the Senate and House of Representatives, shall proceed to St. Paul’s Chapel, to hear divine service.[13] Accordingly, the Right Rev. Samuel Provost (1742–1815), newly appointed chaplain of the United States Senate and first Episcopal bishop of New York, performed “divine service” at St. Paul’s Chapel on April 30, 1789, immediately following Washington’s inauguration. – Wikipedia