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To: JeffAtlanta

Actually, see 541, Patrick Henry is "quite contented" by the Christian foundation of this country. Your right, our country is not too keen on theocracies. Iran is a theocracy - a government imposing by force a religion, the Taliban - I would no longer have a head.

Having the moral background of our country based on Christian philosophy is not a theocracy, nor an imposition on anyone's freedom to practice or not to practice a religion. Last time I checked, we were the country that welcomes religious freedom and have the most diverse religous culture in the world.

Finally, being honest and saying I don't know is not being ignorant. It's called being honest. I don't believe I ignored anything posed, but if I did, by all means present it to me.


564 posted on 12/02/2004 4:38:00 PM PST by Right in Wisconsin
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To: Right in Wisconsin
Patrick Henry is "quite contented" by the Christian foundation of this country.

My contentment is based on the fact that the Founders were exceedingly moral people, they believed strongly in freedom and the rule of law and -- because they were aware of the sectarian madness that had caused centuries of war in England and in Europe -- they deliberately created a secular government in which all denominations can flourish.

To change subjects ... earlier you asked about the bible reference which says that pi is equal to 3. It's in 1 Kings 7:23, which discusses what is probably a circular fountain of some kind in front of Solomon's temple:

And [Solomon] made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the other: it was round all about, and his height was five cubits: and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about.

566 posted on 12/02/2004 4:55:51 PM PST by PatrickHenry (The List-O-Links for evolution threads is at my freeper homepage.)
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