Letters
January/February 2002 Look to the WallsI notice many polls these days regarding the posting of the Ten Commandments in schools. Recently I voted in the affirmative concerning mounting the Ten Commandments and noticed that the poll showed there were about two thirds of those polled who agreed with me and about a third whose conscience dictated they choose another path.
Rather than address the nays concerning their choice, I would like to speak to my brothers and sisters of the yea opinion.
If we think having those commands of God on school walls is such a good idea, have we ever stopped to think what a good idea it would be to have those same laws posted on a wall in our own homes? How many of us who cry, “Yes, post ‘The Ten’ in schools!” could honestly say we have them hanging in our homes? I’m looking at my barren walls here in my home as I write and feeling a little squeamish about asking this question myself. Yes, I have them hidden in Exodus 20 in a few different versions of the Bible that I have lying about here and there, but sad to say, my walls don’t have “The Ten” hanging anywhere, not even in poster form.
Could it be . . . that maybe it’s time we “commandment thumpers” practice what we preach? Maybe we should have “The 10” hanging on the walls of our homes as well as the walls of our heart.
Ron Reese,
Canton, North Carolina
Liberty magazine has supported the law of the land and the spirit of separation of church and state in arguing against state-sponsored posting of the Ten Commandments (or any other religious text, Bible, Koran, etc). However, this letter gets to the real need for people of faith to act in their homes and lives to elevate and teach the highest moral values. —Editor.