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To: Dr. Brian Kopp
How bizarre.

All of the history I have read clearly indicates the the American Experiment is the product of the Magna Carta (Challenging the authority of divinely appointed Kings by Rome) and the Enlightenment (Voltaire, Locke and Newton).

What a bizarre claim to that which the Church fought for centuries.

20 posted on 02/02/2012 8:25:17 PM PST by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: Mariner
All of the history I have read

All of the history you have read was written by WASPs, none of whom had any interest in relating the foundational documents expounded in the original post.

34 posted on 02/02/2012 9:33:04 PM PST by Brian Kopp DPM
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To: Mariner

The Magna Carta was written by Catholics, to Catholics, for Catholics. No other Christian faiths existed at the time of the Magna Carta, so I fail to see your point.


60 posted on 02/02/2012 11:43:08 PM PST by Brian Kopp DPM
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To: Mariner
They were 3 Roman Catholic founders if you count the religion of those who signed the DOI, Articles of Confederation, and the US Constitution together.

Also, I hate to break the news, but the majority of the founders were affiliated with the Church of England. Most colonists were of the English persecution and many did not come to the colonies to avoid religious persecution (Hence, their continued allegiance to the dogma of the Church of England).

90 posted on 02/03/2012 3:25:22 PM PST by rollo tomasi (Working hard to pay for deadbeats and corrupt politicians)
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