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The U.S. treaty with Tripoli 1796
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RE: The U.S. treaty with Tripoli 1796
April 14, 2012 at 9:36 pm
(April 14, 2012 at 1:47 pm)Ziploc Surprise Wrote: 1) Why isn't this well known?
Can't answer for others but in my experience it is well known among educated people.
Quote:2)I assume if Richard Dawkins uses it then it must be legitimate. Why don't atheists use it to help refute the fundamentalist argument that the U.S. is a Christian country?
It is used but most fundies claim it isn't true. There is (or was) a teaching (think it was very popular in the 80s) among fundies that Columbus actually came to the "New World" to evangelize the heathen (Indians) and that he was really a messianic Jew as his logs were written in Hebrew. It was also taught that all the founding fathers were closet Christians.
Quote:3) If I were to use it to help me shut up my fundy friends on Facebook who constantly spam my page about how the U.S. is a Christian country and we all must return to god or god will punish us (blah, blah, blah) is there any hidden thing I need to know about it?
The answer to #2.
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The U.S. treaty with Tripoli 1796 - by Ziploc Surprise - April 14, 2012 at 1:47 pm
RE: The U.S. treaty with Tripoli 1796 - by Rev. Rye - April 14, 2012 at 9:09 pm
RE: The U.S. treaty with Tripoli 1796 - by Phil - April 14, 2012 at 9:36 pm
RE: The U.S. treaty with Tripoli 1796 - by Minimalist - April 14, 2012 at 9:39 pm
RE: The U.S. treaty with Tripoli 1796 - by Ziploc Surprise - April 14, 2012 at 11:06 pm
RE: The U.S. treaty with Tripoli 1796 - by Minimalist - April 14, 2012 at 11:20 pm
RE: The U.S. treaty with Tripoli 1796 - by padraic - April 15, 2012 at 12:44 am
RE: The U.S. treaty with Tripoli 1796 - by LiberalHearted - April 15, 2012 at 1:54 am



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