But it was Cecil B. DeMille who turned Moses into a symbol of American power in the Cold War. The 1956 epic "The Ten Commandments," the fifth highest-grossing movie of all time, opened with DeMille appearing onscreen.
"The theme of this picture is whether men ought to be ruled by God's law or whether they are to be ruled by the whims of a dictator," he said. "The same battle continues throughout the world today."
Did you notice the guy from the Personhood campaign refer to "Wilberforce"? In case you don't know, William Wilberforce was a British politician who lead a movement to abolish the slave trade. For 26 years he would present a bill to end the slave trade and every year the bill would be soundly rejected. He never gave up and in 1807 the Slave Trade Act was passed.
Hearts and minds change as does public opinion. What was once looked upon as beneficial can, in time, become reprehensible ergo the ending slavery.
Bound4LIFE's Monday Roundup
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Just days after the historic health care bill became law, abortion activists on both sides of the political aisle are preparing the battleground for November's mid-term election, which could see a revival of the hot-button issue...
If a woman is pregnant, then what is she pregnant with? It's not a riddle nor an enigma...
As I see it, you have limited choices:
For those of you suffering from Post-Health-Care-Fatigue Syndrome (PHCFS) this may only serve to worsen your condition.
A CBS News poll released yesterday found that nearly two in three Americans want Republicans in Congress to continue to challenge parts of the health care reform bill…
The majority is not reality. This phrase came out of my mouth in personal prayer the other day and ended up taking on deeper meaning for me in light of our national crisis with abortion and health care.
At the risk of sounding redundant, prayer is so obviously and simply the solution to what ails us as a nation. What’s happening in the heavenly realm is the reality we need guiding us in this time in our nation...
This is almost too hard to watch; I was getting embarrassed for the guy...
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"The two enemies of the people are criminals and government, so let us tie the second down with the chains of the Constitution so the second will not become the legalized version of the first."
- Thomas Jefferson
