To: betty boop; Alamo-Girl; Dr. Eckleburg; shibumi; xzins; TXnMA; hosepipe; marron
America doesn't have an established church. But she clearly does have a Christian heritage! I know we are not going to agree on this, betty boop, but there seems to be evidence to the contrary. How else can we interpret the letter signed by John Adams which begins:
As the Government of the United States of American is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion..." [1797]
? Or shall we split hairs and claim that christian "heritage" is not the same as Christian "religion"? :)
21 posted on
07/25/2010 3:39:09 PM PDT by
kosta50
(The world is the way it is even if YOU don't understand it)
To: kosta50; Alamo-Girl; Quix; Dr. Eckleburg; shibumi; xzins; TXnMA; hosepipe; marron
Or shall we split hairs and claim that christian "heritage" is not the same as Christian "religion"? :) I wouldn't call it "hair-splitting." The fact is the United States of America does not have an established religion. But that it has a Christian heritage is obvious to anyone who can read the Declaration of Independence and understand what it says.
Do you have some difficulty with the DoI that I might perchance be able to help you with?
23 posted on
07/25/2010 3:53:17 PM PDT by
betty boop
(Those who do not punish bad men are really wishing that good men be injured. — Pythagoras)
To: kosta50; betty boop; Alamo-Girl; Dr. Eckleburg; shibumi; xzins; TXnMA; marron
Jesus came to make ALL religion on this planet obsolete..... and DID..
not only that, but said; "You MUST be born again".. as well..
Whether the founders of the U.S. saw this clearly or not depends on the founder..
Some were probably religious others may not have been..
For sure, Jesus formed a family, some may have been smart assed groupies..
35 posted on
07/25/2010 6:36:04 PM PDT by
hosepipe
(This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole....)
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