How very noble of you, dear BroJoeK!!!
Unfortunately for you, I doubt there was even one FReeper on this thread that believed the Founders were in need of any "defense" at all — until you came along with your strawman argument....
You and I have great difficulty understanding one another. I think that may be mutually allowed. And the reason for that, I do believe, is that you and I do not stand on the same ground of being. Which for me, ultimately is the Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, One with the Father, Logos Alpha to Omega, my ultimate Savior, Lord and Judge.
You are, it seems, at least a skeptic. But there is worse to fear: You might be a nihilist.
Get a grip, my friend!!!
Yes, you keep-on keeping-on with claiming "straw man argument", but the great issue on this thread, from its very inception is just who, exactly, are in Kevmo's delightful sobriquet: the "God Damned Heretics"?
That's not a "straw man", it's the reason we are here.
I have argued logically, that if yours truly, BroJoeK, qualifies as a "God Damned Heretic" then so do many of our Founding Fathers, plus around 50 million non-Trinitarian Christians world-wide.
This would seem to me a problem on a site like Free Republic, which does after-all have some interest in matters political, and is not totally unaware of potential conservative political allies...
betty boop: "You are, it seems, at least a skeptic."
Then you misunderstand.
I'm neither "skeptical" nor "doubtful".
Instead, I'm satisfied that my understandings of what the Bible says meet both it's requirements and mine.
So my purpose here is to plead for forbearing and respect for Christians -- such as our Founding Fathers -- who didn't or don't share your traditional Trinitarian beliefs.
In a thread whose title is "Damnable Heresy", I'm here to speak for at least some of those "God Damned Heretics" -- our Founders.
Why won't you, Ms boop?