RE: Whose view of the O T is authoritative? Jewry or Christianity?
January 8, 2012 at 12:44 pm
(This post was last modified: January 8, 2012 at 12:46 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
And? Am I supposed to be awed by the religious convictions of the men who founded our country? Maybe I should go out pricing slaves as well? Might be helpful to remember that they were men as well, and not demi-gods with a line on the "ultimate truth".
I think you've bought into the spin that this amendment was meant to protect christianity. It was not. It was meant to protect christians from each other (as Min has pointed out, they were very familiar with inter-faith rivalry, as there was a nasty little piece of it that was relatively recent to them).
I think you've bought into the spin that this amendment was meant to protect christianity. It was not. It was meant to protect christians from each other (as Min has pointed out, they were very familiar with inter-faith rivalry, as there was a nasty little piece of it that was relatively recent to them).
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