Posted on 06/25/2009 6:18:36 AM PDT by The Ignorant Fisherman
“We recognize no Sovereign but God, and no King but Jesus!”
"This nation of ours was not founded on Christian principles."
“[July 4th] ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty.”
"The second day of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epoch in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary Festival. It ought to be commemorated, as the Day of Deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward forever."
"The general principles on which the fathers achieved independence were the general principles of Christianity. I will avow that I then believed, and now believe, that those general principles of Christianity are as eternal and immutable as the existence and attributes of God."
(Excerpt) Read more at theignorantfishermen.com ...
His Rotundity also proposed the official title of the President to be "His Majesty the President" or "His High Mightiness"... :)
Maybe we should have a thread of what John Adams would call Obama's presidency...? THAT might be fun...
bttt
TGBTG!
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