These commandments are so fundamentally at odds with our laws, with our morality, with our principles that one is almost forced to choose: are you a Christian or an American? Your answer to that question, which, if incorrect, the biblical god punishes with death, is protected under our Constitution. The separation of state and church and our First Amendment protect your right to be an American Christian. Christians can choose to personally follow the Ten Commandments’ totalitarian tendencies because their rights are protected by the Constitution. The Constitution puts checks and limits on what
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