Reading comprehension is important on Free Republic, don't you know?
The word "FRiend" is a term of respect from a fellow FReeper.
We are, after all, on the same political team, this is a News/Activism thread, and that's what "FRiend" is intended to remind you of.
If you reject such FRiendship, you also reject a large number of fellow FReepers, at which point the difficulty of winning in politics only grows.
GarySpFc: "Secondly, I disagree with almost everything you have written.
That the Founding Fathers were in the main deeply committed Christians, and not Deists or theistic rationalists I have no doubt, after having spent many years studying their lives and collecting their quotes.
That said, it is your views which we find to be anti-Christian, and the Funding Fathers are not on trial here.
***Posts several quotes to prove point*** "
And yet, since my views are quite similar to many Founders, all the condemnations you heap on yours truly, BroJoeK, also apply to them, and all the Christianity you've discovered in Founders' beliefs also applies to me.
That's why your Founding Father quotes confirm what I've been saying here all-along, and also reflect my personal beliefs.
And yet, our Founders -- in your mind -- are faithful Christians, while I -- in your mind -- am a "God Damned Heretic".
So, there seems to me a problem going on inside your mind, dear FRiend.
Thank you, but serving the Lord is far more important to me than winning in politics. Do not call me friend.
GarySpFc: "Secondly, I disagree with almost everything you have written. That the Founding Fathers were in the main deeply committed Christians, and not Deists or theistic rationalists I have no doubt, after having spent many years studying their lives and collecting their quotes. That said, it is your views which we find to be anti-Christian, and the Funding Fathers are not on trial here. ***Posts several quotes to prove point*** "
And yet, since my views are quite similar to many Founders, all the condemnations you heap on yours truly, BroJoeK, also apply to them, and all the Christianity you've discovered in Founders' beliefs also applies to me.
That's why your Founding Father quotes confirm what I've been saying here all-along, and also reflect my personal beliefs.
And yet, our Founders -- in your mind -- are faithful Christians, while I -- in your mind -- am a "God Damned Heretic".
So, there seems to me a problem going on inside your mind, dear FRiend.
The Founding Fathers were not Deists, and certainly not atheists, skeptics, or Aryans. Benjamin Franklin, as but one example, might have been a Deist in his early life. He quotes from one Deist book, and said he agreed with it, however that was when Franklin was in his twenties. However, by the time of America's founding he clearly wasn't theist. I quote, "I have lived, sir, a longtime, and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth--God governs in the affairs of men, and if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without his notice, is it possible that an empire can rise without his aid?" "Except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain to build it. I firmly believe this." Benjamin Franklin, June 28, 1787 Constitutional Convention. Clearly, Franklin was not a Christian. However, he clearly was not a Deist.