Separation of Church & State CodaGroup 2: Laura Elizabeth Haw, Kyle Hartwig,
Kevin Leonard, Jake Rizkalla
Stem Cell Research
Adult stem cells v. Embryonic stem cells.
Pluripotent stem cells are isolated from human embryos that are a few days old.
Source: Taking Our Pulse: The Parade/Research!America Health Poll, Charlton Research Company, 2005.
President Bush’s First Veto
One of the adopted babies, all from frozen embryos, who were on display at the veto ceremony.
“This bill would support the taking of innocent human life in the hope of finding medical benefits for others. It crosses a moral boundary that our decent society needs to respect. So I vetoed it.”
President Bush, 2005
The Enlightenment
Belief in using human reason to combat ignorance, superstition, and tyranny and to build a better world.
The principal target was religion (embodied in France in the Catholic Church) and the domination of society by a hereditary aristocracy.
MSU’s Holiday Policy
MSU celebrates five secular holidays: Martin Luther King Day Labor Day Thanksgiving Memorial Day New Year’s Day
MSU also holds a Winter and Spring Break.
Jerusalem Syndrome
Type 1: Jerusalem syndrome imposed on a previous psychotic illness.
Type 2: Jerusalem syndrome superimposed on and complicated by idiosyncratic ideas.
Type 3: Jerusalem syndrome as a discrete form, uncompounded by previous mental illness.
Creationist Museum
Mission Statement: “Our increasingly anti-
Christian country must return to a belief in the authority of the Bible and be presented with the life-changing gospel message. Evolutionary indoctrination has undermined the Christian foundations in America.”
Up-side Down Cross
Up-side down crucifixion.
Used in Rome by the Inquisition as means of torture in the 1600’s.
Up-side Down Cross
Symbolizes mockery and rejection of Jesus.
Necklaces are worn by many Satanists.
It can be seen on Rock singers and their album covers.
Up-side Down Cross
Saint Peter's - An upside-down Latin cross, based on the story that Saint Peter was martyred by being crucified upside-down.
Age of Reason
"It is a history of wickedness, that has served to corrupt and brutalize mankind; and, for my own part, I sincerely detest it, as I detest everything that is cruel."
-Chapter 7
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