--- In [email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > In a message dated 7/12/07 4:25:39 P.M. Central Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > The founding fathers were mostly Deists, not Christians. > > > > > Yes, you are correct if you narrow the founding fathers down to one or two > persons. The overwhelming majority that signed the Declaration of Independence > were devout Christians, some even ordained preachers.
And this whole line of argument is pretty funny. This worship of 250 year old "authority figures" seems so odd -- given that the founding fathers main message seemed to be: "Go think for yourselves. We have provided a reasonable start, but let every generation adopt laws that synch with the condtions and meet the needs of that age. We are a bunch of tabacco growing, land-holding, elitist, slave holding, mysoginist white males. We see our limitations. We expect, we hope, we even demand, that future generations take this foundation and DO BETTER. If you try to be JUST like us, you will have a society ruled by and for a bunch of tabacco growing, land-holding, elitist, slave holding, mysoginist white males. Clearly no one in their right mind wants that for future generations." I don't know much about christian fundamentalists. But do they have an abnormal desire to seek approval from past authority figures? "If the bible says it it must be true." "If the founding fathers said it, it must be true". I know two data points don't establish a trend, but ...
