----- Original Message ----- From: "Baardwijk, J. van DTO/SLWPD/RZO/BOZO" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2001 7:45 AM Subject: RE: Tragedy in Israel
> > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > > Van: Jeffrey Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Verzonden: Monday, December 03, 2001 22:08 > > Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Onderwerp: Re: Tragedy in Israel > > > Minor quibble - despite the best efforts of the current US President, > > the United States is not a Christian country. > > That is not how it looks from outside the US. Let�s see. You let your > children pledge allegiance to the flag every school day. Quote from that > pledge: "one nation, under God". A quite large area of the US is "One nation under God" was added to the pledge in a stupid attempt to fight athiest commies. Was this in the 50s? Anyone? known as > the "Bible Belt". The US itself is sometimes called "God�s own country". > Watch interviews with Americans who have been in involved in matters of life > and death (births, accidents, disasters) and you will notice that most of > them will mention God somewhere in the conversation. If you are not > Christian, your chances of getting a job in politics seem to be considerably > smaller; how many members of Congress and the Senate do NOT call themselves > Christians? And when was the last time the US had a non-Christian (FREX, a > Muslem) president? > > Note: for me, the term "Christian" includes all the various Christian > groups, such as Roman Catholic, Protestant, Baptist, Presbyterian etcetera. > You would do well to address the subject of "seperation of church and state" that is a part of our constitution. Early in the history of this country we made treaties with Arab nations proclaiming that this is *not* a christian country. What the government does and what the people do and like are seperate issues. xponent
