Rather than men of faith, I think it is more accurate to characterize them as men of the Enlightenment. Mind you given how hostile fundy Christianity is to the philosophies of the Enlightenment, I'm rather surprised how much they embrace the idea of constitutional originalism.
On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 4:41 PM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: > > Good point. Maybe it would be more accurate to say the many of the > founding fathers were men of faith? (and I am really asking and not > trying to push an agenda) > > On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 4:38 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 1:34 PM, G Money <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 3:31 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> How would you define the term Christian? >>>> >>> >>> Any of a set of believers who affirm that Jesus Christ is the one true God? >> >> If you're including Jesus as the literal Son of God, then Deists and >> Universalists don't count as Christians. Universalism accepts multiple >> paths to salvation and Deists, in general, did not believe in the >> divinity of Jesus. >> >> Judah >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:325995 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
