Ah....perhaps you are right, Sam.
I always assumed that this "xtian principles" crap was based on government as the constitution was formed.
What's always funny, to me anyway, about all this jesus shit is that for centuries the only system of government that could be traced to xtianity was the divine right of kings. They even put the appropriate words into jesus' mouth: "render unto Caesar." Xtianity was all about totalitarian government not democracy. Centuries of battles between popes and the nobility over who would call the shots and the common people were invited to STFU, do what you're told, and you'll get "your reward in heaven" (meanwhile...we'll just clean up down here!)
There is precious little "morality" in the constitution. As originally written it enshrined slavery and disenfranchised women.
Trial by jury was incorporated into English common law after they inherited it from the Vikings and it was the Norse again who kind of brought the town meeting concept into the world...when they weren't slaughtering xtians or anyone else they came across. What sort of brilliant judicial concepts did xtians give us? Trial by water? Trial by fire. Way too much "will of god shit" with those morons.
And as far as freedom, the Massachusetts Bay colony was founded on religious freedom for THEM not for any one else and should thus not be confused with tolerance. Most of the other colonies were founded for commercial reasons.
I'll keep asking any xtians who mention this xtian principles horseshit to name them but it has reached the point where I never expect an answer. Or at least not an intelligent answer.
I always assumed that this "xtian principles" crap was based on government as the constitution was formed.
What's always funny, to me anyway, about all this jesus shit is that for centuries the only system of government that could be traced to xtianity was the divine right of kings. They even put the appropriate words into jesus' mouth: "render unto Caesar." Xtianity was all about totalitarian government not democracy. Centuries of battles between popes and the nobility over who would call the shots and the common people were invited to STFU, do what you're told, and you'll get "your reward in heaven" (meanwhile...we'll just clean up down here!)
There is precious little "morality" in the constitution. As originally written it enshrined slavery and disenfranchised women.
Trial by jury was incorporated into English common law after they inherited it from the Vikings and it was the Norse again who kind of brought the town meeting concept into the world...when they weren't slaughtering xtians or anyone else they came across. What sort of brilliant judicial concepts did xtians give us? Trial by water? Trial by fire. Way too much "will of god shit" with those morons.
And as far as freedom, the Massachusetts Bay colony was founded on religious freedom for THEM not for any one else and should thus not be confused with tolerance. Most of the other colonies were founded for commercial reasons.
I'll keep asking any xtians who mention this xtian principles horseshit to name them but it has reached the point where I never expect an answer. Or at least not an intelligent answer.
