Welcome To:
JUDEO-CHRISTIAN LIBERTIES INSTITUTE
(JCLI)
A Division of St. Jude on Internet, Inc. a California Non-Profit Corporation
Introduction
One of society’s best kept secrets is that the approved school curriculums of California and Arizona include the teaching to middle schoolers of America’s Judeo-Christian heritage as being the underpinning of our founding documents and the precursor of our morals and ideals.
It’s time for America’s Judeo-Christian Philosophy to not only be understood and appreciated in schools, but to take its rightful place as the underlying fabric of American society, and to as such be diligently protected and publicly celebrated.
Background
In the 1870s Charles Darwin, a lifelong Christian, in unlocking the secrets of evolution, caused some to conclude creation was a myth and atheism reflected reality. In the 1960s, Dean Kenyon, a lifelong atheist, a Nobel Prize winner for unlocking the secrets of DNA, came to the conclusion that it was impossible to explain the existence of DNA without intelligent design, and became a Christian. His partner, Francis Crick, co-winner of the Nobel Prize, also a famed lifelong atheist, came to same conclusion (that DNA could not come into existence without intelligent design) but instead of becoming a creationist concluded DNA came to earth transported in a rocket-type vehicle from an advanced society, and then evolution, not a God, took over. See: Life Itself, It’s Origin and Nature, by Francis Crick (Simon and Schuster, 1981).
Darwin’s conclusions came to the United States and found their way into public schools. In 1925, in the so-called “Monkey Trial” in which John Scopes was charged with violating a state law by teaching evolution, the battle between creationism and evolution became public, and evolution won, and became the teaching standard in America. But, in the 1990s the pendulum was swinging back a little bit. State Boards of Education (California and Arizona included) made the study of America’s Judeo-Christian heritage part of the middle-schooler curriculum, stating, among other things, that the Judeo-Christian tradition was “the precursor to America’s morals and ideals” and that it was and is “the underpinning of our founding documents.”
America’s Judeo-Christian Philosophy includes the concept of a God, and a Creator, and all men are created equal, and love one's neighbor as one's-self, and right and wrong, and unalienable rights and moral duties, and life after death. There’s absolutely no requirement to believe in those concepts - or to believe in or not believe in creationism or the Big Bang theory. Such are the freedoms of the Constitution. But when denial of dogma morphs into attacks based on anti-God, anti-Christian or anti-Semitic purposes - that’s a problem.
The Danger
The denigrating and demeaning of the pivotal role of America’s Judeo-Christian Philosophy in our society attacks the very fabric of our nation and the Constitution from which it emanates. The scope of the danger received publicity from the statement Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg made to Egyptian officials. She reportedly stated she would not look to the U.S. Constitution if she were drafting their constitution. Her reasoning may have been that the American Judeo-Christian Philosophy is based on Love, while the Islamic Philosophy is based on Justice
There is one word that captures the essence of all Islamic laws and Islamic teachings; one word that describes the overriding value that permeates all Islamic values, Justice. (Kahlid Baig)
Bear in mind this sacred principle, the will of the majority must prevail if reasonable and consistent with loving one’s neighbor as one’s-self, wherein the minority possesses their equal rights. (Thomas Jefferson)
Love your neighbor as yourself and your country more than yourself. (Thomas Jefferson)
We’re still Jefferson’s children (Ronald Reagan, 1987).
Inserting Justice and Judeo-Muslim or Muslim Philosophy in replacement of Love and Judeo- Christian Philosophy as the foundational underpinning of a democratic constitution can work, according to Islamic experts. It’s simply a fact the United States Constitution doesn’t work without its foundational underpinning, all of which is becoming a serious problem in the United States.
The ongoing intentional and unintentional mutation of America’s Judeo-Christian Philosophy into something else necessarily results in the mutation of the Constitution it created to something else.
The Goals
But there’s good news. State legislatures like Tennessee and others (nine so far) are passing laws permitting teachers and students to analyze the strengths and weaknesses of the Big Bang theory and random selection on the one hand, and Creationism and intelligent design on the other. The battle lines are being drawn. Organizations like the Seattle-based Discovery Institute provides state lawmakers with a model for academic freedom laws like those passed in Tennessee. We at JCLI have a model that focuses on city councils and boards of education in a way similar to that which Discovery Institute does for state legislatures.
We intend to take the fight to the local level and the local courts just as opposition has been doing for years. We hope to put America’s Judeo-Christian Philosophy on the pedestal it belongs and celebrated accordingly. As a byproduct we will be fighting religious denigration, the scourge of anti-Semitism, and the forces that insist on taking spirituality out of schools, colleges, and other public places.
We are part of a 501(C)(3) nonprofit corporation which can provide for tax deductible contributions. We seek seed money and workers. Any assistance you can give will be greatly appreciated. For more details on the budget and specifics of implementing Phase I, please contact us at:
Bud@StJudeOnInternet.org.
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