OK, You got me on that one. I should have done a better job of proofreading my knee-jerk responses. My apologies. I seriously do not believe that this is or should be a Christian nation. I am not backpedaling btw. I am apologizing for saying something I did not mean. The Christian principals though, I do believe for the reasons that I stated earlier. Yes, it does sound like you and I are on the same page.
Bruce Judah McAuley wrote: > 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 > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:243340 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
