They did not teach the bible in day school, only in Sunday school.

Praise be to Allah al-'Ab.

The Jewish God is certainly the Lord of Christians.

I'm sure our friends in the 1700s were referring to the Muslim god.

Pete

I'm sure it's no more positive than mine.

I think we should assume what they intended. We should assume what they intended with the second ammendment too!

I'm sure Jefferson would have recognized that it's all the same god. Earlier, I mentioned that Muslims refer to themselves, Christians and Jews as "People of the Book". We have a term which unites the three religions as well. We call them "Abrahamic" religions because all three trace their roots back to the God of Abraham.

John

What students would learn in American schools above all is the religion of Jesus Christ.
- George Washington

Check this out:

http://www.sacred-texts.com/chr/nep/1777/index.htm

Pete

One man's view.

I hope they didn't teach arithmetic with that book! Check out the lists of 4 and 6 syllable words.

Also, what's the relevance of a Revolutionary War era text book? Especially one with a printing history which begins 90 years earlier?

None of this or any of the other "evidence" you've provided proves anything beyond the obvious fact that Christians have always lived here.

John

Of course they've always lived here ;)

Or since Columbus anyway! lol.

Interesting thing about the New England Primer - it was used as a standard textbook for decades and decades (and decades). My Grandma was a teacher in rural Iowa back in the early part of last century and she had a copy in with her kit.

Here's one from 1843:

http://www.sacred-texts.com/chr/nep/nep00.htm

Pete