Also see http://courses.ischool.berkeley.edu/i182ac/s01/third78.html
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.
Thanks for the info.