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Old 12-03-2009, 11:43 AM
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They did not teach the bible in day school, only in Sunday school.
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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.

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You don't want to know my opinion of Roberts.
I'm sure it's no more positive than mine.
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Old 12-03-2009, 11:59 AM
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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.

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I think we should assume what they intended. We should assume what they intended with the second ammendment too!
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Old 12-03-2009, 12:02 PM
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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 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.

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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

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

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Old 12-03-2009, 12:39 PM
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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

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