To: Two_Sheds
Well, like it or not, the Constitution does acknowledge Christianity as a foundation. Where? Could you cite the passage? Sure, "In the year of our Lord."
Doesn't say nuttin' bout allah.
602 posted on
11/23/2003 7:00:36 PM PST by
ROCKLOBSTER
(The Constitution is a Right Wing Document)
To: ROCKLOBSTER
Whose Lord?
606 posted on
11/23/2003 7:28:44 PM PST by
Luis Gonzalez
(The Gift Is To See The Trout.)
To: ROCKLOBSTER
"Allah" means God, like Dios means God.
Different languages.
607 posted on
11/23/2003 7:29:55 PM PST by
Luis Gonzalez
(The Gift Is To See The Trout.)
To: ROCKLOBSTER
"Allah" means God, like Dios means God.
Different languages.
608 posted on
11/23/2003 7:29:57 PM PST by
Luis Gonzalez
(The Gift Is To See The Trout.)
To: ROCKLOBSTER
Sure, "In the year of our Lord." Considering the phrase "year of our Lord" was rather ubiquitous in writing at the time, I'd say it doesn't mean much in the teological sense. But then again, as others have pointed out, the word "Lord" is a generic term referring to God. And since most religious scholars admit the Judeo-Christian "God" and the "Allah" of Islam are the same thing, it is a distinction without a difference.
But your original statement is that "the Constitution does acknowledge Christianity as a foundation". Sorry, but there is NO WAY that using the term "year of our Lord" "acknowledge(s) Christianity as a foundation". If that was an important principle, they MUST have said more about it in the Constitution. So where is it?
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