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To: hosepipe
It would prove that the Founding Fathers were not Creationists, some of them didn't believe in the Bible at all (Deists such as Franklin) and others were hardly Biblical literalists (such as Thomas Jefferson who eschewed all accounts of the miraculous whether from Greek, Roman or Biblical sources).

You have nothing that can contradict the simple fact that neither Deists, nor freethinking Christians (as Jefferson called himself) were Biblical literalists and therefore neither was a Creationist.

Laziness is no excuse for assertion without substantiation.
93 posted on 11/02/2005 5:54:20 AM PST by USConstitutionBuff
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To: USConstitutionBuff

[A] It would prove that the Founding Fathers were not Creationists, some of them didn't believe in the Bible at all (Deists such as Franklin) and others were hardly Biblical literalists (such as Thomas Jefferson who eschewed all accounts of the miraculous whether from Greek, Roman or Biblical sources). ]

[B] You have nothing that can contradict the simple fact that neither Deists, nor freethinking Christians (as Jefferson called himself) were Biblical literalists and therefore neither was a Creationist. ]

[C] Laziness is no excuse for assertion without substantiation.]



A) Didn't belive that the bible was what?. 1) wholly true.. 2) partially true.. 3) a fabrication.. 4) A metaphorical account of real issues in places.. 5) beautifully written..
6) some other variation.. 7) a myth..

B) Maybe they would not have used the term creationist.. some of them.. but have preferred the term 'believer'.. When second guessing long dead people you can easily be WRONG.. both of us.. What is a literalist christian ?.. a snake handler.. one whom baptizes by fire with a blow torch ?..
If that is what you mean then you protest too much..

C) You make my point I see.. admitting it is rare..


106 posted on 11/02/2005 8:55:18 AM PST by hosepipe (CAUTION: This propaganda is laced with hyperbole..)
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