Pali malo otchuka a Washington ku National Capitol. Ayi, osati George Washington kuwoloka Delaware. Ndi mwambo wapoyera wobwerezabwereza womwe umabweretsa kusiyanasiyana pang'ono kwanthawi yayitali yamasiku athu ano: akuluakulu asanu ndi awiri amakampani mu 1994 atayima kumbuyo kwa tebulo laumboni pamaso pa komiti ya congressional ku Washington, DC, adakweza zida, kulumbira "kunena zoona, chowonadi chonse, chopanda kanthu koma chowonadi, chotero thandizani inu Mulungu,” pambuyo pake iwo anachitira umboni kuti samakhulupirira kuti chikonga cha ndudu zimene akupanga chimaloŵerera.

Zolemba pambuyo pake zidawonetsedwa poyera zidawonetsa kuti adanama ndipo adazidziwa panthawiyo kuchokera muzolemba zawo zachinsinsi. Palibe milandu yabodza yomwe idatsatiridwa.

Lumbiro ku chowonadi chaumulungu labwerezedwa kangapo kuyambira pa chithunzi chodziwika bwino komanso mawonekedwe amtundu womwewo. Mwambo waposachedwa kwambiri wa Enronesque unachitidwa ndi akuluakulu a WorldCom, bungwe lomwe linaphika mabuku ake mpaka $3.8 biliyoni. Adatenga malo awo pagome la mboni za Congress ndipo adalumbira kuti "kunena zoona ... Awiri mwa omwe adatenga Chisinthiko Chachisanu motsutsana ndi kudziimba mlandu ndikukana kuchitira umboni.

Ndilibe vuto ndi Fifth Amendment, yomwe yakhala chitetezo chapansi pa zomwe m'mbiri yonse zakhala zikukakamizidwa ndi ma psychic ndi mazunzo omwe amagwiritsidwa ntchito ndi akuluakulu amphamvu kuti adzivomereze. Monga mtolankhani wachinyamata wapolisi, ndikudziwa kuti m'masiku akale a ubwana wanga Miranda asanapange chisankho, m'chipinda chapansi pa nyumba za apolisi m'deralo nthawi zambiri ankakhala "akufunsa mafunso" omwe sakanachitira anthu omwe ali ndi mimba yofooka.

M’mbiri yakale, kuulula kowonjezereka kumodzi kunakakamizika ndi Bwalo la Inquisition la ku Spain “kuvomereza” monyenga liwongo lawo la mpatuko. Pamene Galileo anaitanidwa pamaso pa Bwalo la Inquisition la ku Vatican kaamba ka mpatuko wa kupereka lingaliro la kuthekera kwakuti dziko lapansi limayenda mozungulira dzuŵa m’malo mozungulira dzuŵa, wozunza wofunitsitsayo anafunsa Mkulu wa Inquisitor ngati angam’patse chithandizocho Galileo. Anauzidwa kuti, “Ayi. Ingomusonyezani zida zake.” Galileo panthaŵiyo nkhalamba yodwala imene inkachita mantha kuti mwina sangapulumuke pa chizunzocho, “anavomereza.” Koma mumtima ankadziwa ndipo tsopano dziko likudziwa, kuti iye anali wolondola ndipo omufunsa ake anali olakwa.

Tikufuna Kusintha Kwachisanu. Koma zimenezi sizikutanthauza kuti mbava zamakampani achinyengowo ndi osalakwa.

Choipa kwambiri n’chakuti mchitidwewu wasokoneza ndale zathu. Ndimavomereza momasuka kuti ndatenga dzina lake pachabe nditamenya chala changa ndi nyundo. Koma mosakhudzidwa ndi zala za m'manja zotuluka magazi, andale athu ambiri osaopa Mulungu amavala Mulungu m'manja ngati njira yochitira kampeni. Iwo ndi The Big Name Droppers.

Pamene mawu oti “pansi pa Mulungu” mu Lonjezo la Chikhulupiriro anadzudzulidwa ndi wosakhulupirira kuti kuli Mulungu, a Congress amadziona ngati olungama anafika pamlingo winanso wachisokonezo. Iwo sanafune kuimbidwa mlandu wabodza akuluakulu a fodya amene ananama mwa kulumbirira n’kulephera. Koma zimene andale anachita kwa munthu wosakhulupirira kuti kuli Mulungu amene anali kugwiritsira ntchito ufulu wake walamulo zinali zofanana kwambiri ndi zimene zinachitikira nyumba ya World Trade Towers itawonongedwa.

Tinali ndi chithunzi cha pawailesi yakanema cha Nyumba ndi Senate akuthamangira kubwereza Lonjezo Lachikhulupiriro, ndikufuula momveka bwino mawu otsutsana "pansi pa Mulungu." Ngati mamembala onse a Congress adakhudzidwa, osachepera mmodzi wa iwo, Rep. James Traficante, Jr., wapezeka wolakwa chifukwa chachinyengo, ziphuphu, ndi chinyengo. Ndipo ngati misonkhano yapitayi ndi muyezo, ndiye kuti mwina ofuula “pansi pa Mulungu” mu Lonjezo la pawailesi yakanema anaphatikizapo achiwembu, achigololo, ndi opusa.

Mlandu wokhudzika wakuti posaika “pansi pa Mulungu” mu Lonjezo tinali kunyoza “makolo athu” ananyalanyaza chiyambi cha “pansi pa Mulungu” mu chikolecho. Zinalibe chochita ndi "makolo athu," atayikidwa ndi Congress mu 1954, zaka 100 pambuyo poti Pledge idadziwika.

Lonjezoli lidachokera kwa mtumiki wa Baptist yemwe adayipeka mwambo wokweza mbendera ya Columbus Day mu 1892 - mtumikiyo atachotsedwa ntchito ndi tchalitchi chake cha Boston chifukwa cha ulaliki wake wa socialist. Ponena za “makolo athu,” osachepera atatu a iwo (Jefferson, Franklin, ndi Thomas Paine) anali achipembedzo omwe amakhulupirira kuti Mulungu adalenga chilengedwe chonse ndikusiyira ena okhalamo, kuphatikiza Earthlings, iwo eni, lingaliro lomwe lingatumize anthu amasiku ano. mamembala a Congress kulowa mkangano wina wokonda dziko lawo.

Kuwonjezera apo, ambiri a “makolo athu” anakhudzidwa kwambiri ndi kuopa kwawo masoka owopsa ochokera ku mayanjano a Tchalitchi ndi Boma m’mbiri yonse kuposa misonkho ya tiyi ya ku Britain (yomwe inali itachotsedwa). Olemba Malamulo oyambirirawo anadziŵa kuti lingaliro la munthu ponena za Mulungu ndi chipembedzo ndi laumwini, osati la boma.

Ndicho chifukwa chake kulekanitsa Mpingo ndi Boma kuli mu Constitution. Kutsegulira Kwachiwiri Kwachiwiri kwa Lincoln kunanena kuti mu Nkhondo Yachiŵeniŵeni ya ku America onse a Union ndi zigawenga zinapempha kumbali yawo ndipo ndi nzeru zamba za Lincoln ananena kuti Mulungu sangawapatse onse zofuna zawo. Mulungu athandize Abraham Lincoln ngati lero adakumana ndi Congress kunena kuti lingaliro la Mulungu kapena palibe Mulungu si wa White House kapena Congress kapena, chifukwa chake, matchalitchi.

Amalume a Charles Darwin m’zaka za m’ma 19 (amene, mwamwayi, anali munthu wokonda zachipembedzo) anachita chiŵerengero chakuti analingalira kuti mapemphero kwa Mulungu anali aumwini, osati a boma. Iye ankadziwa kuti anthu mamiliyoni ambiri amene ankalamulidwa ndi Ufumu wa Britain ankapemphera kuti, “Mulungu Pulumutsani Mfumu.” A Darwin ankaganiza kuti ngati zimenezi zingasinthe, mafumu a ku Britain adzakhala ndi moyo wautali komanso wathanzi. Iwo sanatero. Mapemphero ali ndi tanthauzo losatsutsika kwa munthu aliyense payekha. Akamapemphedwa kuti achite zofuna za anthu ambiri, m'pamenenso amachepera.

Andale akakhala ndi chizolowezi chopemphera kwa Mulungu pamakampeni ndi mikangano ndimakhala ndi chikhumbo chotenga chikwama changa. Ndipo atsogoleri a mabungwe akalumbira kunena zoona “ndithandizeni ine Mulungu” pambuyo pake ndi kunama, kapena amagwiritsa ntchito Mulungu ndi Lonjezo monga kulengeza, ndimakumbutsidwa za munthu wamkulu wachi Irish, Bambo Dooley, ndi anzake. munthu wowongoka, Bambo Hennessey. Dooley ndi Hennessey anali kulengedwa kwa wazaka za m'ma 19 waku America, Peter Finley Dunne. Mu gawo lina, munthu wowongoka Hennessy akufunsa:

“Mukuganiza bwanji munthu wa ku Pinnsylvanya amene amati Ambuye ndi anzake a mgodi wa malasha?” pomwe a Dooley amawafunsa kuti, "Kodi adagawa phindu?"

Chifukwa cha Mulungu, ngati mabungwe amaumirira kutchula dzina la Mulungu kosatha m’mapulagi awo amalonda ndi umboni, tiyeni tisunge mbiri ya kuchuluka kwa iwo amene “anagaŵa mapindu.”