But not in the way that the bible thumpers believe - it was more of the nature of the blind watchmaker than the giant bearded old white guy in the robes floating around in the clouds. If you actually read the writings of Madison, Jefferson or Adams instead of the ideologically correct right wing myths its very clear that most of the founders were not what could be defined as Christian eithe then or now. If anything they were products of the Enlightenment rather than the reformation.
On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 12:37 PM, Sam <[email protected]> wrote: > > You do realize deists believe in God don't you? > > > On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 12:28 PM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Given that the writers of the DOI and the constitution were mostly >> deists, the reference is not to "God" but to a more generic reference. >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:320503 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
