Moses Quotes
The Emperor celebrated the Buddhist, Jewish, Christian and Muslim holidays. His ecumenical views were also very pragmatic in his vast pluralistic empire and sphere of influence which was half of the world.
Almost all religions placed women in an inferior status in society with little of the freedom or power—civil or religious—for men that the religion urged.
Note that not unlike Sharia, Islamic Law, this meant the death penalty for Witchcraft, Heresy, Adultery and Disobedient Children.
There were those who disagreed with Sekulow, especially those whose religions did not recognize the Ten Commandments. Others see the Ten Commandments not in a religious sense but in a cultural sense and therefore the display in the Supreme Court—along with other world historical scenes of laws and lawgiving—was a historical and cultural display which did not help to “establish” any religion.
The newly freed slave would have no practical chance of success in a capitalistic, competitive society unless he had the basic tools and property to earn a living and compete. This was mandated for the ancient Jews in the Law of Moses. This was not considered too seriously in Reconstruction after the Civil War, and much of the discrimination and racism might have been avoided if the freed slaves were all given some land as many were in general homesteading programs. These Blacks, and those that went to the industrial North where business owners provided them with the tools and resources in exchange for their labor, were generally the most successful.
