On Sun, March 25, 2007 1:12 pm, Lan Barnes wrote: > Nobody is trying to stamp out religion in politics, prayer in school, or > any other religious freedom.
How I wish that were true. You do realize that school prayer has been illegal for decades? >> Even your beloved Jefferson mentioned God in his Declaration Of >> Independence. > > Jefferson was a self-declared deist, So what? And deist != atheist. >> And, Washington in his Farewell Address said: >> >> "Of all the habits and dispositions which lead to political prosperity, > religion and morality are indispensable supports." >> > >>From Wikipedia: ... Well a person's beliefs can be a complex subject. I think we would at least both agree neither Jefferson nor Washington were atheists right? > but people who want > to argue that this country was FOUNDED as a christian nation really don't > have a whole hell of a lot to back them up. Sure, there were christians on > the job, and the culture of the founders came mostly from christian > Europe, but they left lots of explicit statements that a christian nation > was NOT their intent. They didn't want to *force* people to believe in Christianity but the vast majority would certainly be happy if more people followed the teachings of Christianity....be honest, help your neighbor, be faithful to your wife, etc. chris -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
