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Re: One nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
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Fri, 28 Jun 2002 00:46:01 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Richard Marchetti writes:

I don't really care how this "bs" Pledge of Allegiance issue (bread and
circuses) is decided, but you raised a bigger question:  whether the
founders were a) religious and (and by assumption and because we all know
what religion fronts the right) b) christians.  It is painfully obvious, to
everyone but the fools and hypocrites Jefferson so disdained, EXACTLY what
the founders thought on both issues.

Um, you're overgeneralizing.

SOME of the Founding Fathers were indeed professed and practicing
christians... Just not any of the ones that did the heavy lifting to get
this nation off the ground.

So you need to be more specific, I think, rather than just saying "the
Founding Fathers weren't christian".

Fair enough?



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  Re: One nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
 
(...) Right -- Jefferson, Madison, Franklin, etc... (...) Yes, fair enough -- but while there continues to be some psycho-xtian movement afoot to show that the framers were bible thumpers -- or that they even cared about such things, I think I can (...) (22 years ago, 28-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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  Re: One nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
 
(...) It's pretty obvious what brands of religion are going to be the most concerned about this issue. And I don't feel like looking up all your past posts merely to discover that you ARE indeed some kind of christian, it is my assumption that you (...) (22 years ago, 28-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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