A Bill introduced in Congress is
ruffling the feathers of several fellow Congressmen. It is a bill
that would declare 2010 as the year of the Bible.
Republic Representative Paul Broun
introduced the Bill ruffling many feathers across the net as well as
in Washington.
"Republican
lawmakers with apparently too much time on their hands and no
solutions to offer the country are pushing a resolution that will not
address the nation's problems or advance prosperity or even
untangle their previous governing mistakes," blogged New York
Democrat Representative Jerrold
Nadler.
Maybe,
the Bible is Broun's solution. I am not saying it is right to mix it
into Congress. No matter how you feel on that situation, what if
Broun is just saying that we have exhausted all other solutions to
solving our problems? What if he is trying to remind people of the
only solution to our problems?
It
bothers me at time that people fail to realize that the principles
our country was founded on were the same principles found in the
Bible. Abraham Lincoln had no problem quoting the Bible and even
declaring the first National Day of Prayer. Not to bring this up, but
Obama ignored the National Day refusing to acknowledge it.
Maybe
Broun just wants to remind people that these fundamentals found in
the Bible is what started our country to begin with and maybe it is
time to return to our roots to rebuild this country.
Broun
said so himself in an interview with POLITICO, "This doesn't have
anything to do with Christianity. It seeks to recognize that the
Bible played an integral role in the building of the United States,
including providing the basis for our freedom of religion that allows
Muslims, Hindus and even atheists to vocalize their own beliefs."
Usually
Bills such as these are ceremonial at best. Most times, it is just a
gesture. One critic asked if the year of the Quran would be next?
What is wrong with that? Let people study the books written in the
past. It might do some good to have a country reading again. As for
this being a controversy, I think those making it one might have a
little too much time on their hands.
