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To: jess35
David Barton has on occasion resorted to shoddy scholarship.

Here's an example from this piece:

"Barton said, "The Founding Fathers were overwhelmingly Christian…I love to spend time on the least religious founders. You have Franklin, as governor installs the Bible and Christianity in the public schools of Pennsylvania. Franklin was the man who made sure we had prayer at every session of Congress and that we had paid chaplains to do so.""

Clearly Barton implies Benjamin Franklin ("The Founding Fathers . . . ", of which Benjamin is clearly one) did this "as governor." Unless I'm horribly mistaken, Benjamin Franklin never the governor of any state or province. His son, William, of course, was the last royal governor of New Jersey. He was also a die-hard Loyalist---and had a massive falling-out with his father over it---so he was hardly a Founding Father.

Whoops . . .

16 posted on 10/13/2003 12:50:37 PM PDT by Hemingway's Ghost (Ignore Alien Orders)
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To: Hemingway's Ghost
The founding father's via the reformation established the ' secular ' state ... liberals via atheism - evolution --- has destroyed it !

I could say exactly the same for the FR ... it's happening !
17 posted on 10/13/2003 1:13:15 PM PDT by f.Christian (evolution vs intelligent design ... science3000 ... designeduniverse.com --- * architecture * !)
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To: Hemingway's Ghost
Your statement of facts with respect to Benjamin Franklin are correct. It's a ridiculous claim that should embarrass a high school student.
19 posted on 10/13/2003 1:21:35 PM PDT by CobaltBlue
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