alt.education

Jd said the following on 3/7/2008 9:01 PM:
> Mark K. Bilbo wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 06 Mar 2008 23:45:31 +0000 in
>> m271t3pii2a4rhe8drkpf09kkne0olfpv7@4ax.com, Jd wrote:
>>
>>> Mark K. Bilbo wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Thu, 06 Mar 2008 00:09:58 +0000 in
>>>> g8kus3d1f4ij0nehbci4vvppisea3qhanf@4ax.com, Jd
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> 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.
>>>> Dimwit, what they *wrote* is what governs us now. Not what they happened
>>>> to "think" about something. While what they "thought" may give insight
>>>> into what they wrote, the words of the Constitution are what govern this
>>>> nation.
>>>>
>>>> And the Constitution is secular. Whatever they "thought" about gods,
>>>> they *wrote* a secular document.
>>> The Declaration of Independence is not a secular document.
>>>
>>> George Washington's first inaugural address is not a secular document.
>> Neither of which are the governing law of the United States.
>
> God rules the world.
>
> Psalms 24:1 "The earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell
> therein."
>
> Romans 13:1 "Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the
> powers that be are ordained of God."

The Bible is not the governing law of the United States.

>
>>
>>
>>> There are hundereds if not thousands of Governmental documents that are
>>> not secular.
>> Because politicians *never* pander.
>>
>>> But you simply cannot deny that America was indeed founded by "faith" in
>>> God and that the founders statements which are a matter of public
>>> record, prove that beyond any doubt.
>>
>>
>> There is not a single aspect of our Constitution that can be found in
>> Judeo-Christianity. You people keep spewing this crap about "faith" and
>> "god" and all but you cannot show how the Constitution can be derived
>>from the bible or any such thing.
>> You are, simply put, full of shit. The actual record of the writing of
>> the Constitution shows its origins to clearly be British common law,
>> Greco-Roman law, and some strong Native American influence (particularly
>> the Iroquois). Nobody cited the babble and used that to craft any part of
>> our Constitution.
>
> Says who? You? You'd be better off in the long run if you would steer clear of gossipy
> women and jester fags.

Okay, into the killfile with you.

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