"Thankfully, in this enlightened day and age, we have mental giants such as [ LaGrande, James C. Bennett, kosta50] & Bill Maher to explain how "The Founders went to great lengths to keep GOD out of our politics." Just imagine! This is what they were up against: To cite one superstitious -- not to mention, appallingly ethnocentric -- idiot by the name of John Adams, "I always consider the settlement of America with reverence and wonder, as the opening of a grand scene and design in Providence for the illumination of the ignorant, and the emancipation of the slavish part of mankind all over the world."
This arrogant, Jew-loving neo-con tool of the Israel lobby also wrote that "I will insist that the Hebrews have done more to civilize men than any other nation. If I were an atheist, and believed in blind eternal fate, I should still believe that fate had ordained the Jews to be the most essential instrument for civilizing the nations." The Jewish people preserved and propagated "to all mankind the doctrine of a supreme, intelligent, wise, almighty sovereign of the universe, which I believe to be the greatest essential principle of all morality, and consequently of all civilization." /s Amazing. This clown sounds like he could be Sarah Palin's speech writer.
At any rate... you will notice that the left is the Adversary, as they not only devalue and undermine the classical liberal values upon which America was founded, but they also denigrate the West in general. And they obviously hate God and are at war with religion. "
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But Bill Maher [et.al] is not a serious man. Well, perhaps seriously bitter. Which is another point. Maher does not have the insight or depth of character to delve into the roots of his own bitterness and anger, which pose insurmountable obstacles to any understanding of the Subject of the subject he pretends to explore in Religulous. Thus, the whole exercise is one of triumphant self-justification and narcissistic exultation. Obviously, if he were truly curious about God, he could have dialogued with serious intellectuals possessing valid gnosis. But if he were to do that, he would look like the unlearned rube that he is. It reminds me of what Bion described as the essence of the psychotic mind...which is organized around the unholy triumvirate of arrogance, curiosity and stupidity.
Let's see what else Adams had to say : )
“The government of the United States is not in any sense founded upon the Christian religion”
Is it painful to learn the truth?
John Adams "neo-con"...that's cute, but not too far off. LOL! Well, he was a Unitarist, if I remember well, you know, denying the divinity of Jesus, but I guess that's okay among some "Christians". Are you one of them? Do you too deny that Jesus Christ is God?
he could be Sarah Palin's speech writer
You mean Scarah Pailin? You think the Redneck Queen will blow another election for the GOP? I hope not!
The only haters here are some who call themselves Christians, not many—but a distinct relatively small group of fundies of some kind, but they all seem to be of the denying-Christ-is-God type.
They even hate other Christians, particularly Catholics. They seem to thrive on hate like merchants of venom (paraphrasing Dean Martin), and see, to have real difficulty with anyone who doesn't buy into their hateful intolerance, bordering on paranoia. This should all sound near and dear to you M-PI.