This is a common fallacy. most of the Founding fathers were NOT religious Christians, the majority were either Deists or Agnostics.
Washington,Jefferson,Adams and Franklin are some examples of classic examples of Deists who filled out the ranks of the 18th Century intellectual society. Jefferson himself pointed out that the system of Common Law in the US had been around for centuries even before Christianity had been brought to the British Isles. During the 5th Sitting of Congress, the US Senate voted unanimously on passing into Law a treaty which stated that , *"the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion..." *These men took GREAT care to sever any perceived link between the ideals and the formation of the US Constitution, and any religion. Particularly the predominant Christian religion of the time. This has not, however, stopped religious folk from believing that the United States is founded on Christian principles, as with most religious beliefs, truth does not play a part. 2008/11/2 Scott Stroz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > You do realize that a lot of our current laws (theft and murder, for > example) are based on religious beliefs? > > You do realize that the a lot of the framers of the Constitution were men > of > faith? > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:277996 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
