On Mon, 2007-03-26 at 22:43 -0700, Christian Seberino wrote: > On Mon, March 26, 2007 8:40 pm, Todd Walton wrote: > > On 3/26/07, Christian Seberino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> politics. Unless I'm mistaken, it appears you are saying Christian and > >> Jews should not try to participate in politics, including using their > >> own > >> clout (if any). > > > > Not if it means getting "In God We Trust" added to the currency. Now > > if someone religious could get Congress to stop officially saying > > prayer before each session, I'd be all for it. > > > > It's fine if religious people participate in politics, just not if the > > intent is to eventually exclude others. > > Oh I think I see what you mean...Are you saying the Congressional prayer > and the religious currency examples were successes of a powerful religious > constituency that overreached in the past? Hmm ok. I'll have to think > about that one. >
I don't think they were. I think it was because the general populous was Christian (or thought they were) or otherwise believed in God. Also, the country being founded upon Christian principals, it stood to reason that these things would be implemented. I don't know this for sure though (as I've never really researched it). It's only been in recent years that anyone has really been moaning about it. PGA -- Paul G. Allen BSIT/SE Owner/Sr. Engineer Random Logic Consulting www.randomlogic.com -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
