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Treaty of Tripoli?
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Treaty of Tripoli?
Here's a question for Donald Trump or Ted Cruz -- "What do you think of the Treaty of Tripoli?"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Tripoli

What do conservative Christians say to this?  Here's Article 11 for those of you who do not want to click on the link:


Quote: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 (Muslims); and as the said States never entered into any war or act of hostility against any Mahometan (Mohammedan) 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.
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#2
RE: Treaty of Tripoli?
That statement is a bit out of date now. We're enough of a Christian nation that someone can run on theocracy and not get immediately kicked out, and we're led to believe that sharia is the worst thing in the world, despite sharing many similar ideas with christianity.
Poe's Law: "Without a winking smiley or other blatant display of humor, it is impossible to create a parody of Fundamentalism that SOMEONE won't mistake for the real thing."

10 Christ-like figures that predate Jesus. Link shortened to Chris ate Jesus for some reason...
http://listverse.com/2009/04/13/10-chris...ate-jesus/

Good video to watch, if you want to know how common the Jesus story really is.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88GTUXvp-50

A list of biblical contradictions from the infallible word of Yahweh.
http://infidels.org/library/modern/jim_m...tions.html

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#3
RE: Treaty of Tripoli?
Human immolation, vivisection, amputation, decapitation . . .

The christers hostility stems from jealousy methinks.
 The granting of a pardon is an imputation of guilt, and the acceptance a confession of it. 




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#4
RE: Treaty of Tripoli?
They yearn for the good old days when they were allowed to do that. W've still got people who want to round up all the gays and kill them, but they're considered the crazies now. Not the reasonable authority figures.
Poe's Law: "Without a winking smiley or other blatant display of humor, it is impossible to create a parody of Fundamentalism that SOMEONE won't mistake for the real thing."

10 Christ-like figures that predate Jesus. Link shortened to Chris ate Jesus for some reason...
http://listverse.com/2009/04/13/10-chris...ate-jesus/

Good video to watch, if you want to know how common the Jesus story really is.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88GTUXvp-50

A list of biblical contradictions from the infallible word of Yahweh.
http://infidels.org/library/modern/jim_m...tions.html

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#5
RE: Treaty of Tripoli?
If you're referring to the "the USA was founded as a Christian nation", every time the treaty of Tripoli is brought up, they just hand wave it away.

So, business as usual.
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RE: Treaty of Tripoli?
(March 5, 2016 at 3:44 pm)Chad32 Wrote: We're enough of a Christian nation that someone can run on theocracy and not get immediately kicked out ...

In fact, it is pretty much mandatory.
You make people miserable and there's nothing they can do about it, just like god.
-- Homer Simpson

God has no place within these walls, just as facts have no place within organized religion.
-- Superintendent Chalmers

Science is like a blabbermouth who ruins a movie by telling you how it ends. There are some things we don't want to know. Important things.
-- Ned Flanders

Once something's been approved by the government, it's no longer immoral.
-- The Rev Lovejoy
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RE: Treaty of Tripoli?
(March 5, 2016 at 4:08 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: If you're referring to the "the USA was founded as a Christian nation", every time the treaty of Tripoli is brought up, they just hand wave it away.

So, business as usual.

In Texas they tried to write Thomas Jefferson out of the history books.
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#8
RE: Treaty of Tripoli?
I heard about that. It would be bad enough without the fact that Texas decides what goes into the textbooks of other states.
Poe's Law: "Without a winking smiley or other blatant display of humor, it is impossible to create a parody of Fundamentalism that SOMEONE won't mistake for the real thing."

10 Christ-like figures that predate Jesus. Link shortened to Chris ate Jesus for some reason...
http://listverse.com/2009/04/13/10-chris...ate-jesus/

Good video to watch, if you want to know how common the Jesus story really is.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88GTUXvp-50

A list of biblical contradictions from the infallible word of Yahweh.
http://infidels.org/library/modern/jim_m...tions.html

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RE: Treaty of Tripoli?
(March 5, 2016 at 4:56 pm)Chad32 Wrote: I heard about that. It would be bad enough without the fact that Texas decides what goes into the textbooks of other states.

Well, good news then. With "print on demand" the influence of Texas has dropped severely. School districts can pick and choose which chapters go into a text book, or even which sections of chapters get included. (This was obliquely referenced in the movie "Interstellar".
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RE: Treaty of Tripoli?
(March 5, 2016 at 6:25 pm)Gawdzilla Wrote:
(March 5, 2016 at 4:56 pm)Chad32 Wrote: I heard about that. It would be bad enough without the fact that Texas decides what goes into the textbooks of other states.

Well, good news then. With "print on demand" the influence of Texas has dropped severely. School districts can pick and choose which chapters go into a text book, or even which sections of chapters get included. (This was obliquely referenced in the movie "Interstellar".

That's nice to hear.
Poe's Law: "Without a winking smiley or other blatant display of humor, it is impossible to create a parody of Fundamentalism that SOMEONE won't mistake for the real thing."

10 Christ-like figures that predate Jesus. Link shortened to Chris ate Jesus for some reason...
http://listverse.com/2009/04/13/10-chris...ate-jesus/

Good video to watch, if you want to know how common the Jesus story really is.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88GTUXvp-50

A list of biblical contradictions from the infallible word of Yahweh.
http://infidels.org/library/modern/jim_m...tions.html

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