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To: Texas_Dawg
George Washington never once publicly said that that I've ever seen (a lot of talk about "the Almighty", etc., but nothing about Christ being his personal Lord and Savior). I'd love to be proven wrong though. Don't think I ever will be on this though.

Again, you said that Washington said he wasn't a Christian. Provide the proof or retract your assertion. The evidence is quite overwhelming for Washington that he was a genuine Christian as I pointed out. He did not need to explicitly state Jesus was God. He was not a preacher. He simply lived the life, walked the walk, and talked the talk, and all who knew him closely said he was a Christian. That is alot of evidence, and there is no basis for you to doubt his Christianity whatsoever.

Provide evidence for your assertion or retract it. This is my last request.

1,202 posted on 01/14/2004 2:02:05 PM PST by exmarine ( sic semper tyrannis)
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To: exmarine
He did not need to explicitly state Jesus was God. He was not a preacher.

Like I say, we have radically differing interpretations of what a Christian is.

I'll say, since I am not willing to spend the time to find better quotes, George Washington did not explicitly say (that I can find at this time) that he did not believe Jesus Christ was God, his Lord and Savior. His never having made this claim publicly, I don't see why I would believe that he believed it to be the case though. Piety is nice. It's not Christianity though. Oh, and others who claim certain people are "Christians" often have very loose definitions of this term as well. This is nothing new.

1,207 posted on 01/14/2004 2:17:27 PM PST by Texas_Dawg
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