> -----Original Message----- > From: Bruce Sorge [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2007 12:21 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Electability and Religion (Yeah, More Atheist Stuff) > > Simple as that. I have firm religious believes that I am not going to > give > up just because someone offered their opinion.
I'm sorry, but did somebody (anybody) challenge any religious belief in the thread? That was not my intention. (I hope you're not saying that your religious beliefs somehow hinge on the founding fathers agreeing with you.) ;^) For my part my points are: 1) There is formalized, legal discrimination against non-believers in several states. This is the worst kind of discrimination: discrimination against me. 2) The "founding fathers" were not some homogenous group of modern Christians: they ran the same gamut that we see in any large, diverse group of Americans. Some were specifically anti-religious (while perhaps not anti-God), others were devout. Some were apathetic about religion, others passionate. All we can say for certain is that they government they drafted specifically eliminated religion as a foundational or moderating element while ensuring it's free exercise. The idea that America was founded as a "Christian nation" is false. At the same time America was clearly designed to be openly accepting of religion amongst its population. A more compelling argument may be that America is in the process of transitioning to a Christian nation. It's clear that a non-Christian is all-but unelectable to any high office. More and more laws, decisions and controversies are religiously motivated and it's painfully clear that many of our leaders favor Christian groups, ideology and stances. Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion 8 - Build next generation apps today, with easy PDF and Ajax features - download now http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/coldfusion/cf8_beta_whatsnew_052907.pdf Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:243238 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
