Okay, kids, let's at least be semi-accurate. The OP may not have been the one to bring up Deutronomy but someone did and I mentioned it since, unless you follow ALL of the Biblical guidelines, you are being hypocritical to bring up the ones you like especially with the odds being that even your loved don't follow the specific guideline you're quoting. My personal beliefs are absolutely irrelevant to this discussion. Whether you believe that the Bible is the word of God or not is also irrelevant. Someone could as easily quote Twain or Proust or Freud or Dr. Seuss. People quote what they feel is relevant. It may or may not reflect personal beliefs.

Are people equal? Not really. Some are more intelligent. Some are stronger. And so on and so forth. However, people should have an equal chance to succeed, at least in America and that is not always the case. (and, as Boomer would say, I digress.)

For someone to denigrate another for believing in God just because they don't is, to me, offensive at best. To keep railing about the fact that people are not equal is specious. To continually harp that women or people of color can't do a white man's job is downright stupid. I can't be a heavy equipment operator or even do hard manual labor. I don't have the skills for one nor the strength for the other. Neither do a lot of men. I could learn to run the equipment and become as qualified as any man. I could never develop the strength to dig a ditch or carry heavy loads, though. Not because I'm female (I am female, BTW), but because I'm just not physically built that way and because I have some very real physical issues. I could become a doctor or an attorney or a scientist if I chose to get the education for those careers. I certainly have the intelligence.

Okay, boys, feel free to continue sniping at each other but try to remain civil.

Red