--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > In a message dated 7/13/07 12:19:39 P.M. Central Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > Whether the founding fathers were christians or hindus is not > > relevant. You don't look at the walls of buildings to determine the > > founding fathers' views of gov't and religion, you read the > > constitution and bill of rights which makes it perfectly clear that > > they intended this country to be a haven for freedom of religious > > practice. > > Yes, but not limited to 'Christian' religious practice. > > > But it does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods > > or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg. > > -- Thomas Jefferson > > > > I have never said the founding fathers ever intended to prevent the practice > of any other religion in the United States. But neither did they establish a > secular government devoid of religious ideals and values. The overwhelming > majority just happened to be Christian which influenced their values and the > laws created.
No specific laws were created by the founding fathers that were specifically based only on Christian laws.
