They mainly went by the Hebrew Bible because many had issues with the Jesus stories in the New Testament.
On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 12:02 PM, Kris Sisk <[email protected]> wrote: > Still not true. The majority of the men who signed the Constitution were > either Deists or Humanists. Neither of which is Judeo-Christian. > Acknowledging the existance of a higher power that every religion with the > exception of a couple founded in the last couple hundred years acknowledges > does not make a Judeo-Christian foundation. > > I agree that public prayer should be allowed. Show me how a government > official saying a prayer infringes on the rights of an athiest any more than > outlawing that prayer infringes on his own rights and I might change my mind. > But don't fool yourself into thinking our government evolved from any kind of > religious belief. The founding fathers knew that there were some good ideas > in the Bible and borrowed them, just like they borrowed some ideas from many > other sources. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:317932 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
