RE: Atheists: The NEW go-to movie villian
September 20, 2010 at 9:52 pm
(This post was last modified: September 20, 2010 at 9:53 pm by Oldandeasilyconfused.)
(September 20, 2010 at 7:33 pm)krazedkat Wrote: Why can't people get that not all founding fathers were christian! I'm a Canadian and I know more of American history than lots of americans!
Indeed. They also seem blissfully unaware of The Treaty of Tripoli, ratified by the US Senate and signed into law by president John Adams, in 1797
Quote:Article 11 reads:
Art. 11. As the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion,—as it has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion, or tranquility, of Mussulmen,—and as the said States never entered into any war or act of hostility against any Mahometan nation, it is declared by the parties that no pretext arising from religious opinions shall ever produce an interruption of the harmony existing between the two countries.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_T...Article_11