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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

"Founding Fathers must have been DUmmies too, because the Continental Congress raised funds through a lottery to pay for the war."




I'm very much against gambling, and support making it illegal, but yes, gambling and lotteries were popular among the founding fathers.


I think a lot of modern Christians are surprised when they discover that.


9 posted on 06/23/2006 5:49:23 PM PDT by ansel12
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To: ansel12

Check out the success they had in post #8.


10 posted on 06/23/2006 5:59:34 PM PDT by dfwddr (Join our Folding@Home team (Team# 36120) keyword:folding.)
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