tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35248477.post6949159979676780136..comments2024-03-27T14:20:05.905-04:00Comments on Montclair SocioBlog: False Messiahs -- 1400 of ThemJay Livingstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06652075579940313964noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35248477.post-22515133935930543482013-08-12T10:07:01.697-04:002013-08-12T10:07:01.697-04:00Where to begin with this?
First, "messiah&qu...Where to begin with this?<br /><br />First, "messiah" is not a title exclusively held by Jesus Christ. A number of people in the Bible are called messiah including King David and Cyrus the Great (who wasn't even Jewish!)<br /><br />Second, this is one of the few instances of an obvious church-state violation coming from the judicial branch. Normally they're just upholding or striking down religious legislation or executive actions rather than taking a strictly secular law and reinterpreting it into a religious one.<br /><br />I'm not exactly sure how separation activists go about addressing this...Paulonoreply@blogger.com