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"I was unaware that it was open for debate among conservatism that Creator God existed.

It is open for debate by any right thinking person.

"All this time, the founding fathers' premise/belief that our inalienable rights were endowed by our Creator were mythological in origin?

Did they specify which creator?

"It could have been, or might have been, Zeus who gave us these rights?

Perhaps it was other humans that gave those rights?

"Why doesn't our money state "IN ZEUS WE TRUST"?

Because America is not ancient Greece. Btw, the founding fathers did not put that on money.

217 posted on 08/15/2005 6:57:04 PM PDT by b_sharp (Science adjusts theories to fit evidence, creationism distorts evidence to fit the Bible.)

Btw, the founding fathers did not put that on money.

Anyone who looks to the text of Federal Reserve notes to bolster his faith is in deep spiritual trouble.

219 posted on 08/15/2005 7:02:36 PM PDT by PatrickHenry (Felix, qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas. The List-O-Links is at my homepage.)

There are four words on all US coins; "In God We Trust" are not they.

240 posted on 08/15/2005 7:42:25 PM PDT by Doctor Stochastic (Vegetabilisch = chaotisch is der Charakter der Modernen. - Friedrich Schlegel)

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