The Houston Chronicle blows the cover off a highly-regarded but little-known (around the office) religious tome that's been handed down for half a century among Harris County district attorneys.
Yes, THAT book.
Aside from the probability that the Chronicle story will now result in a bunch of whiny athiests huddled in protest on the steps of the county courthouse demanding the Bible be removed from within private quarters, the story generated a handful of reader comments one of which caught my eye for its abject ignorance of history.
The reader wrote, "Maybe they should focus more on the lawbooks and less on the Bible."
Um, where does this person think our laws came from? You know, the ones about not stealing, killing, lying, cheating -- the stuff all good crimes are usually made of?
As an aside -- and I cannot help myself here -- the reader is probably a product of our vaunted public schools, the ones where historical revisionism abounds and nothing that smacks of religious mention dare be made.
It will be interesting to see how long it takes the anti-Christian crowd to organize itself into a frenzy over the innocuous tradition of the outgoing DA signing his or her name or leaving citations to favorite or helpful verses written in the Bible's endpapers before handing it down to their successor.
Meanwhile, let's hope our incoming DA Pat Lykos will freely consult the ancient wisdom of Moses, Solomon, Jesus and Paul, just to name a few, anytime she's confronted with a difficult decision.
Can't hurt, might help.
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