Barton received a Bachelor of Arts degree in religious education from Oral Roberts University in 1976 and an honorary Doctor of Letters from Pensacola Christian College, but has no academic qualifications in history.Barton serves on the Board of Advisors of the National Council on Bible Curriculum in Public Schools, publisher of a controversial Bible curriculum for use in public schools.
In an article titled Unconfirmed Quotations, Barton admitted he has not located primary sources for a few of the alleged quotes from James Madison, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and U.S. Supreme Court decisions, but maintains that this is not important to his central thesis because they are consistent with the views of the Founders.
In other words, fake but accurate!
Sounds like another quote-mining fundamentalist who believes the methods of apologetics can be applied to other, legitimate, fields of study.
Fake but “accurate” quotes of the founders that cannot be substantiated? Sheesh. It is not like the founders didn't write a TON of material that could be quote mined to any Creationist Cretins hearts content; they actually have to make up quotes? What a despicable and loathsome tactic.
Thanks for pointing this out, Coyoteman. As a basically honest person, and someone living in the ‘automatic authentication’ Internet age, I unfortunately assume that nobody would be so crass and foolish as to proffer bogus quotes. I should know by now that there is no depths so low that the professional liars known as “Creationists” will not willingly sink to it.
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More "fake but accurate," eh?