Sign of the Times

Michael A. Newdow may have a twin brother or at the very least, a kindred spirit over in Italy. That’s the thought that occurred to me after reading a story on the Fox website. In Viterbo, Italy, a Catholic “Priest may be Tried for Saying Jesus Existed.”; read the entire article linked via title bar.

“An Italian judge heard arguments Friday on whether a small-town parish priest should stand trial for asserting that Jesus Christ existed.”

“The priest's atheist accuser, Luigi Cascioli , says the Roman Catholic Church has been deceiving people for 2,000 years with a fable that Christ existed, and that the Rev. Enrico Righi violated two Italian laws by reasserting the claim.”

I’m sure the ACLU will be following the trial; maybe get some ideas on how to push their agenda forward. Most folks might consider these proceedings to be nothing more than a joke or a mild inconvenience. Think how much is at stake if, or more likely, when similar cases are brought before the courts here in the good old USA.

It will start in the 9th Circuit Court’s area of jurisprudence so that it will eventually be taken up before that ultra liberal court under appeal. Then it will eventually be heard by the Supreme Court to determine if Christianity is a hoax or not; the burden of proof being on the side of those professing that Jesus is in fact the Christ, the Savior of the World, the Creator as identified in the Declaration of Independence.

The “Kelo” decision has made property rights a pipe dream of the past. Targeting of prime real estate by developers and municipalities eager to improve their tax base, it won’t be long before church owned properties are brought between the cross hairs of the really big guns. Look for major land grabs to occur under the guise of eminent domain, singling out “blighted areas in need of improvement for the betterment of the community to increase taxable lands” will be the war cry.

This may be only the first of many similar lawsuits brought about world wide by those who are intent on the destruction of the civilized western world as we know it; and no, I’m not laughing. To be sure, this is not a joke. Go and read the documentation created by Michael Newdow in the case most of us know casually as the “In God We Trust” issue. ( hidden link would not work so I've listed the URL below )

http://www.usdoj.gov/osg/briefs/2002/2pet/7pet/2002-1574.pet.aa.html