On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 9:25 AM, Jerry Barnes <[email protected]> wrote:
> Obviously, we are not built on Christianity in terms of a theocracy. The > question is, did the founding fathers, being predominantly Protestant, > assume Christian principles and ideals should be a continuing influence on > the government or a guiding force for the government? Of course, in order > to debate the question, one has to assume the founding fathers were > predominantly Protestant which some have a problem with. Our nation was founded on the principles of democracy and self-determination, not on any specific religious theology, which is why the Founders were so careful to note that "government shall endorse no religion" right in the Constitution. Furthermore, the primary founding principles of democracy and self-determination can be traced back, not to Christian Europe, but to ancient (pre-Christian) Greek city-states. You can argue until you are blue in the face about the Founders' beliefs in Judeo-Christian principles, but even those beliefs are based on pre-Christian value systems. Assigning their genesis to Christianity ignores histor ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:320713 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
