alt.education

veritas wrote:

>:|
>:|A simpler way of putting it was that Jefferson was probably a stone
>:|agnostic, disliked the clergy so much that if a clergyman showed up in
>:|a room with Jefferson, he would leave the room. If you read the law
>:|on freedom of religion written by Jefferson as a law in Virginia, you
>:|will see the real bitterness he held toward churches and the clergy.
>:|I have read a few of his letters to his friends, and one to his son-in-
>:|law blasting him for leaving the Virginia law in committee to long.
>:|He was so proud of that law, it is included on his gravestone, along
>:|with the Declaration and the founding of the University of Virginia.
>:|At the least, he was a deist, as were most of the founders. They
>:|would not share power with churches.
>:|Regards, Ken Hogan

Much of the above is incorrect

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You are invited to check out the following:

The Rise of the Theocratic States of America
http://members.tripod.com/~candst/theocracy.htm

American Theocrats - Past and Present
http://members.tripod.com/~candst/theocrats.htm

The Constitutional Principle: Separation of Church and State
http://members.tripod.com/~candst/index.html

[and to join the discussion group for the above site and/or Separation of
Church and State in general, listed below]

HRSepCnS · Historical Reality SepChurch&State
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HRSepCnS/

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. . . You can't understand a phrase such as "Congress shall make no law
respecting an establishment of religion" by syllogistic reasoning. Words
take their meaning from social as well as textual contexts, which is why "a
page of history is worth a volume of logic." New York Trust Co. v. Eisner,
256 U.S. 345, 349, 41 S.Ct. 506, 507, 65 L.Ed. 963 (1921) (Holmes, J.).
Sherman v. Community Consol. Dist. 21, 980 F.2d 437, 445 (7th Cir. 1992)
. . .
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USAF LT. COL (Ret) Buffman (Glen P. Goffin) wrote

"You pilot always into an unknown future;
facts are your only clue. Get the facts!"

That philosophy 'snipit' helped to get me, and my crew, through a good
many combat missions and far too many scary, inflight, emergencies.

It has also played a significant role in helping me to expose the
plethora of radical Christian propaganda and lies that we find at
almost every media turn.

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THE CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLE:
SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE

http://members.tripod.com/~candst/index.html
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