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1 posted on 05/20/2011 2:28:26 AM PDT by Yosemitest

Check the date in the first sentence when Congress instructed the committee of commerce to buy the Bibles ... Sept. 11.

2 posted on 05/20/2011 2:33:10 AM PDT by DocRock (All they that TAKE the sword shall perish with the sword. Matthew 26:52 Gun grabbers beware.)

BFL

So I find this post really interesting and do a google on Aitken Bible and I find this:

“The Continental-Confederation Congress, a legislative body that governed the United States from 1774 to 1789, contained an extraordinary number of deeply religious men. The amount of energy that Congress invested in encouraging the practice of religion in the new nation exceeded that expended by any subsequent American national government. Although the Articles of Confederation did not officially authorize Congress to concern itself with religion, the citizenry did not object to such activities. This lack of objection suggests that both the legislators and the public considered it appropriate for the national government to promote a nondenominational, nonpolemical Christianity.”

This is from the Library of Congress.

For those who don’t know, “polemical” means controversial. Does anyone in their right mind believe that the public considered only “nonpolemical” Christianity to be acceptable? Note that we just finished a war against the Government and Church of England! Our brands of Christianity were so polemical, 1000’s of people died for them.

6 posted on 05/20/2011 2:54:58 AM PDT by MontaniSemperLiberi (Moutaineers are Always Free)

To: Yosemitest; The Ignorant Fisherman

8 posted on 05/20/2011 3:09:48 AM PDT by RaceBannon (Ron Paul is to the Constitution what Fred Phelps is to the Bible.)

I have always wanted a copy of this Bible, particularly since I do Rev War reenactments, but it is expensive. Hopefully someone will publish a more affordable version.

9 posted on 05/20/2011 4:38:28 AM PDT by sueuprising (The best of it is, God is with us-John Wesley)

To: Yosemitest; sueuprising

The Holy Bible : containing the Old and New Covenant, commonly called the Old and New Testament (1808)

Volume: 1
http://www.archive.org/details/holybiblecontain01thom

Volume: 2
http://www.archive.org/details/holybiblecontain02thom

Volume: 3
http://www.archive.org/details/holybiblecontain03thom

Volume: 4
http://www.archive.org/details/holybiblecontain04thom

Sites contain versions in:

Read Online
PDF
B/W PDF
EPUB
Kindle
Daisy
Full Text
DjVu

14 posted on 05/20/2011 6:16:08 AM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)

17 posted on 05/20/2011 1:31:09 PM PDT by ansel12 ( JIM DEMINT "I believe [Palins] done more for the Republican Party than anyone since Ronald Reagan")

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