Bruce Sorge wrote: <snips> > So basically I am agreeing with a lot of what you all are saying. What I > am seeing happen is that words are being put in my mouth. Again, I never > said that this was a Christian nation. I never said that I want this to > be a Christian nation. I never said that the word God or any other > reference to religion were in the constitution other than what I typed > above. What happened is by me making one simple statement, everyone got > their panties in a wad and started to assume what I meant. Now in all > fairness, I may not be wording this the way that it is going around in > my head. This may be a case of I know what I am thinking, I just cannot > get it out in the right manner to convey these thoughts properly.
For what its worth, Bruce, here is what you said and I first replied to: *** Also, What ever happened to to the fact that this great nation was founded as a Christian nation or the fact that the Constitution was founded on Christian principals? When did we lose sight of this? *** I objected to the characterization of the United States being founded as a Christian nation. I agree completely that many of the founders were christian and many of the ideals that the country was founded with are ideals that christianity espouses. I don't know that it exactly makes them Christian ideals, but I have no problems at all when christians espouse and work for ideals like liberty, happiness, equality and justice. I heartily welcome it in fact. It sounds like we are on much the same page. People who aren't christian just get a bit antsy when ideals which are shared by lots of people are coopted and labeled as Christian. I don't think you did it on purpose, but its one of those things that is quite common in our society and makes non-christians a bit nervous. Cheers, Judah ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Check out the new features and enhancements in the latest product release - download the "What's New PDF" now http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/coldfusion/cf8_beta_whatsnew_052907.pdf Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:243338 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
