“MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Words painted on a wall in the Bartlett Police Department have led to a complaint. Now, a letter has been sent to the police chief, demanding a Bible verse be taken down.

Posts on social media from the Bartlett Police Department welcome two new employees, but the words behind them are causing a complaint.

The Freedom from Religion Foundation, a nonprofit working as a state and church watchdog, based in Wisconsin, sent a letter to Chief of Police Jeff Cox, requesting the department paint over the bible verse.

The verse is Matthew 5:9 which reads, “Blessed are the peacemakers. They shall be called the children of God.”

“This statement seems to imply that God gives them their power, not the government, not the people,” said Hirsh Joshi, Attorney for the Freedom from Religion Foundation.

Joshi says that Bible verse is unconstitutional.

“The separation between church and state, that’s exactly what we are arguing here. By having the bible on their walls the BPD disrespects the separation between church and state,” said Joshi.

They complained about this after seeing some of the posts and ads with employees in front of that quote.

When asked what comes next, Joshi replied, “We hope the BPD will respect our nation’s constitution, but from there, we will have to see.” (Courtesy WREG.com)

Bartlett is a bedroom community right outside Memphis, Tennessee.

The Freedom From Religion Foundation was founded in 1978 by a bunch of bitter atheists who decided that their mission was going to be to remove God from all aspects of American life, concentrating on academics, sports, and as you can read from the above article, anything having to do with government.

I have never understood Atheists, especially the so-called activists among them.

Our Constitution provides for Freedom of Religion.

According to the Supreme Court, in their Ruling abolishing School Prayer, Atheism is a religion, which the Americans who embrace this nihilism are free to practice.

So, why the continuous full-blown attack on the Faith which our Founding Fathers wrote so eloquently about, and which has sustained this “shining city on a hill” through times of internal and external strife?

In other words, why are activist Atheists (and Progressives) so intent to either limit or completely eliminate Christianity’s influence on everyday American Life?

Why don’t they attack the political/religious ideology of Islam with the same fervor?

The answer to this question is simple:  Cowards will always tell you whom they are afraid of. They will avoid them, like one avoids a child with Chicken Pox.

Additionally, they expect Christians to allow them to take control by “turning the other cheek.”

Evidently, they never read the scriptures which describe Jesus running the “money lenders” out of the temple, overturning tables, and expressing his righteous indignation in a way in which no one could mistake it for anything else.

Or, perhaps, it’s the overwhelming overestimation of their own intelligence, which results from ignoring the influence of the God of Abraham in their life.

So, what drives them in this “Unholy Crusade”?

Bitterness, emptiness, and an unfulfilled longing in their soul, which they can not put a finger on, is the only explanation.

Otherwise, why would they fight so hard against the influence of and worship of Someone whom they don’t personally believe in?

The Bible verse on the wall in that building honors the men and women inside it.

There is no reason for the Bartlett Police Department to paint over it.

Anyone who is offended by it should simply not look at it.

Until He Comes,

KJ