Even our founding fathers disagreed on the existence of god. Thomas Jefferson was atheist. I think in order to to make this work we should change the second principle to include non-believers too. Why do believers get so defensive when their faith is challenged? All we want is for people to stop being sheep and educated themselves.

Do you know god exist? How can you be sure? I think god would rather you question his existence and those who insist that he does than be lead blindly.

That is one hell of an assumption to jump to.

I feel police have been confusing their duties with this feeling of empowerment over everyone else for some time. Forgive me not all officers let their badge and gun go to their head. It all starts with a lack of training and a misunderstanding of what it means to protect and serve. I am not siding with anyone, but how can four trained policeman lose their lives to one scared civilian. I think police academies in this country need to revisit their curriculum, it appears these officers failed to correctly assess the situation before acting.