The Founding Myth: Why Christian Nationalism Is Un-American

by Andrew L. Seidel

America’s statutory versions of these universal principles apply to everyone; the biblical god’s commandments do not. Judeo-Christianity limits the application of these principles to other believers, destroying their universality. George Carlin’s quip on page 208, “It just depends on who’s doing the killing and who’s getting killed,” is accurate. The god of the bible allows murder if the victim believes in a different god. The biblical commandments protect only other believers. You may not murder, steal from, or bear false witness against other members of our group. This is why the first five commandments deal with god’s supremacy and how he should be worshipped, so that believers can recognize each other, the people to whom the final commandments apply. The in-group application of the final commands is why rather obvious rules against murder, stealing, and lying are not listed first.