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Originally Posted by piece-itpete
My brothers, examine those quotes carefully and you will find they aren't talking about Christianity or the Bible - as experts on government (as they largely were) they were talking about 'organized' religion of ANY stripe.
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Some, yes. Some, no. The Treaty of Tripoli specifically addresses the question of whether we are or are not a Christian nation. It states in so many words that we are not.
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Now they would undoubtabley be striking at the religion of science & government.
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Right! Those Luddites like Tommy Jefferson and Benjie Franklin woulda been on those "Evolutionists" like white on rice!
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READ SOURCE MATERIAL! It's obvious. Think about my current sig.
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I think the quotes Fast Eddie posted could be considered "source material". If by source material, you mean the Constitution, there isn't even a mention of God in it. The Declaration of Independence does mention God but not in a way that could be construed as an acknowledgment of his authority. Also, the Declaration of Independence wasn't written by the US Government. It was a manifesto written by rebels.
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And look at their actions. There were 3 national calls to a day of prayer and fasting during the Revolutionary war by the Continental Congress.
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We still have them. They're cultural but not governmental.
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29 of the 56 signatories of the Declaration had ecumenical degrees (they were pastors).
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So? None were women, by the way. Does that make us a male nation?
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There has always - always - been a Christian Chaplin, paid by the Congress, at Congress. They authorized the 1st legal printing of the Bible here for pete's sake. How does this jive with the current mantra?
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This one's a little tougher for me. That Chaplin bit has always bothered me. I think it walks right up to the edge of being an unconstitutional commingling of religion and government. Printing the bible doesn't really mean much, though.
John