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Re: One nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Fri, 28 Jun 2002 01:20:10 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> 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.
Right -- Jefferson, Madison, Franklin, etc...
> So you need to be more specific, I think, rather than just saying "the
> Founding Fathers weren't christian".
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 be forgiven one overly general
statement. And FWIW, while I did make that overly general statement, the
same post contained a whole series of specific quotes from the
"heavy-lifters" (man, I hate these quasi-sport terms). To my mind, that goes
quite a long way towards indemnifying me against attacks of making overly
general statements -- the necessary references were provided in the event
that one wanted the specifics.
So sure, the framers weren't exactly burning Xtians at the stake -- as
tempting as doing so must have been. =) At the same time, the separation of
church and state was pointedly bred into our political system.
Even the mere appearance of state sanction of any single faith or
faith-based idea is abhorrent to me, and I think the founders served us well
in this respect.
-- Hop-Frog
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