RE: "The United States is a Christian-founded nation"
January 22, 2014 at 12:45 pm
(January 22, 2014 at 12:22 pm)Drich Wrote: So I bet you guys hate documents like this:
Congress endorsed bible
Quote:Congressional resolution, September 12, 1782, endorsing Robert Aitken's Bible
wikipedia Wrote:The Constitution was adopted on September 17, 1787, by the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and ratified by conventions in eleven States. It went into effect on March 4, 1789.[2]
Pre-constitution doesn't count because there wasn't official separation of church and state until the law of the land was laid down.
(January 22, 2014 at 12:22 pm)Drich Wrote: George Washington's Prayer journal
Our first president prayed, therefore the country was founded on his religion. Uh, no...did you not read his quote?
(January 22, 2014 at 12:22 pm)Drich Wrote: Thomas Jefferson's famous prayer for peace widsom and guidance
Politics.
Thomas Jefferson and religionQuote:The religious views of Thomas Jefferson diverged widely from the orthodox Christianity of his day. Throughout his life Jefferson was intensely interested in theology, religious studies, and morality.[1] Jefferson was most closely connected with Unitarianism and the religious philosophy of Christian deism.[2]
Christian deismQuote:Christian deism, in the philosophy of religion, is a standpoint that branches from Christianity. It refers to a deist who believes in the moral teachings—but not divinity—of Jesus. Corbett and Corbett (1999) cite John Adams and Thomas Jefferson as exemplars.[1]
(January 22, 2014 at 12:22 pm)Drich Wrote: Lincoln's various sciptural quotes:
Abraham Lincoln and religionQuote:Abraham Lincoln's religious beliefs are a matter of debate. Lincoln grew up in a highly religious family, but never joined any church. As a young man he was a skeptic. He frequently referenced God and quoted the Bible; he attended Protestant church services with his wife and children, and after the deaths of two children became more intensely concerned with God's plan for mankind.[1] He was private about his beliefs and respected the beliefs of others. Lincoln never made a clear profession of standard Christian beliefs; he did believe in an all-powerful God that shaped events and, by 1865, was expressing those beliefs in major speeches.[2]
I
might give you this one.
(January 22, 2014 at 12:22 pm)Drich Wrote: Teddy's ten reasons for going to church.
What does this have to do with separation of church and state again?
(January 22, 2014 at 12:22 pm)Drich Wrote: I know one of you will try, but if the truth is your goal, it is next to impossiable to argue with the quotes and passages these men left behind as a testament to their faiths.
I know one of you will try, but if the truth is your goal, it is next to impossiable to argue with the quotes and passages these men left behind as a testament to their
faiths adamancy for separation of church and state.