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"Mark K. Bilbo" skrev i en meddelelse
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> On Fri, 07 Mar 2008 08:37:05 +0100 in
> 47d0f0a1$0$2102$edfadb0f@dtext02.news.tele.dk, "thomas p."
> wrote:
>
>> "Mark K. Bilbo" skrev i en meddelelse
>> news:59h6a5-ro.ln1@dialup-4.230.135.222.Dial1.Houston1.Level3.net...
>>> On Thu, 06 Mar 2008 23:45:29 +0000 in
>>> tt41t31tknjmda9d8t438h4a8nrmplprqq@4ax.com, Jd
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> thomas p. wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>"Jd" skrev i en meddelelse
>>>>>news:g8kus3d1f4ij0nehbci4vvppisea3qhanf@4ax.com...
>>>>>> thomas p. wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> So, once again, no matter what some of the founders thought or
>>>>>>> said, the
>>>>>>> country was established on firmly
>>>>>>>secular grounds.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> That doesn't make any sense. The founding fathers founded the
>>>>>> country so it does indeed matter what
>>>>>> they said and thought. Undoubtedly, they thought God had a hand in
>>>>>> founding the Nation since
>>>>>> afterall, that is what they said.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>What they actually wrote down and that became accepted as the founding
>>>>>document for the US is what matters. Some of the founders you talk
>>>>>about were deists, not Christians. Some rejected the divinity of
>>>>>Jesus (all the deists and some of the others). Some were Christians.
>>>>>The document itself reflected the thoughts of men such as Montesquieu,
>>>>>Dederot, Voltaire, Rousseau, none of these were Christians; and no
>>>>>part of the document is Christian; it is purely secular.
>>>>
>>>> What document are you referring to? There are a plethora of documents
>>>> which do indeed mention God.
>>>>
>>>> If you are referring to the US Constitution, vitually all 55 of the
>>>> authors/signers were Christians of one denomination or another....
>>>
>>> Oh look, he just noticed the Constitution doesn't yap about "god" so
>>> he's gotta make a sudden swerve into "But they said 'god' at other
>>> times!"
>>
>>
>> He also was good enough to inform me that the American colonies were
>> under British rule. Gosh, you learn something new every day.
>
> They were whaaaaa???
>
> Really? Are you sure???

Well, it surprised me too.

>
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