alt.education

On Apr 2, 5:53=C2=A0pm, Peter Franks wrote:
> veritas wrote:
> > On Apr 1, 4:03 pm, Peter Franks wrote:
> >> mizlee wrote:
> >>> On Apr 1, 12:20=EF=BF=BDam, Peter Franks wrote:
> >>>> buckeye wrote:
> >>>>> Peter Franks wrote:
> >>>>>> :|buckeye wrote:
> >>>>>> :|> A CHALLENGE TO =EF=BF=BDANYONE
> >>>>>> :|>
> >>>>>> :|> I challenge you or anyone else to show, with valid primary souc=
e historical
> >>>>>> :|> documentation, valid =EF=BF=BDsecondary source documentation/co=
mmentary, cites etc
> >>>>>> :|> by respected scholars that THIS COUNTRY was ever founded as a C=
HRISTIAN
> >>>>>> :|> NATION. (That perhaps most of the citizens =EF=BF=BDwho were re=
ligious were
> >>>>>> :|> Christian does not =EF=BF=BDqualify)
> >>>>>> :|>
> >>>>>> :|> I doubt that you or anyone else would ever accept this challege=
d because it
> >>>>>> :|> is a myth and therefore can''t be shown to be true.
> >>>>>> :|
> >>>>>> :|Christian, no.
> >>>>>> :|
> >>>>>> :|Deity, yes. =EF=BF=BDSource: Declaration of Independence
> >>>>>> :|
> >>>>> Diety nation? =EF=BF=BD =EF=BF=BDLOL
> >>>>> Oooohhhhhhhh boy. The DOI didn't found anything.
> >>>>> Your "source" is a non source.
> >>>>> Better luck next time =EF=BF=BD
> >>>> Sorry, you can't just discard what you don't agree with.
> >>>> The Declaration of Independence is most definitely the founding docum=
ent
> >>>> for this country. =EF=BF=BDAll subsequent acts, including the Constit=
ution, are
> >>>> predicated on the principles espoused in the Declaration.
> >>>> My point has been made and substantiated.
> >>>> Have a nice day.
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> >>> Wrong again. =C2=A0The Declaration of Independence was an "internal me=
mo"
> >>> to the king, essentially saying "we're sick and tired, and we're not
> >>> going to take it any more." =C2=A0It was NOT a document of law at all.=

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> > English law was the foundation of the laws of this land. =C2=A0...
>
> The law is the foundation of the law? =C2=A0Try again.
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The foundation of laws in the beginning were to form societies that
worked. That is the foundation. It began thousands of years ago, but
we used common law from England as a base to begin our structure of
laws, as most were already in place.
A good example is the Supreme Court now arguing the repeal of banning
handguns in the District of Columbia. I listened as they went all the
way back to 1765, when it was against the law to have a loaded musket
downstairs, and the gunpowder was to be stored upstairs. But there
was no law against having a loaded pistol downstairs. So, even the
Supreme Court uses old English law to argue cases. Also, in open
markets muskets were prohibited, and in the militia, only officers
carried pistols. Soldiers could only have muskets. Again, English
law is were most of our common law comes from. Regards, Ken Hogan