ALso claiming the founding fathers were Christian.
Isn't the salient point, though, that they emphatically did not impose their religious beliefs on others through the law?
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aurelia - May 10, 2012 1:25:11 pm PDT #4497 of 30001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
DavidS - May 10, 2012 1:26:17 pm PDT #4498 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Isn't the salient point, though, that they emphatically did not impose their religious beliefs on others through the law?
It's almost like that was one of the Main Ideas for the founding of a country full of religious exiles.
Polgara - May 10, 2012 1:27:28 pm PDT #4499 of 30001
Karma is a cat, sleeping in my lap cuz it loves me. ~TS
And so I've thought about nailing that rule to Polgara's door, like a scrabble lutheran.
I don't think my security deposit would cover that.
-t - May 10, 2012 1:29:33 pm PDT #4500 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Good thoughts for the discharge, msbelle.
I get to fast overnight so I can get every blood test in the world tomorrow morning. And after that I get to pick up my car from the garage in the afternoon (Lee, you will have to find another reason to laugh at me (not that that will be hard), I'm getting a whole new-to-me driver side door that opens from the inside! Possibly the same color as the rest of the car, we'll see). Big day!
ChiKat - May 10, 2012 1:32:29 pm PDT #4501 of 30001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
Isn't the salient point, though, that they emphatically did not impose their religious beliefs on others through the law?
This. I think it's a stronger argument for modern Christians that the founding fathers were indeed Christian but didn't think they had the right to make that decision for others.
aurelia - May 10, 2012 1:34:52 pm PDT #4502 of 30001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Right? I'm always so confused by people who think they're making some right wing point with that.
tommyrot - May 10, 2012 1:36:10 pm PDT #4503 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Well, usually they go on to say how this is a Christian nation founded on biblical principles....
ChiKat - May 10, 2012 1:38:36 pm PDT #4504 of 30001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
Well, usually they go on to say how this is a Christian nation founded on biblical principles....
And that's just not factual. But, it's also not factual for the left wing to say that the founding fathers were not Christian. I guess that's what I was getting at from the beginning.
aurelia - May 10, 2012 1:38:54 pm PDT #4505 of 30001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
I'm getting a whole new-to-me driver side door that opens from the inside! Possibly the same color as the rest of the car
Well, isn't that fancy!
Tom Scola - May 10, 2012 1:39:45 pm PDT #4506 of 30001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Is “argument by bogus history” one of the logical fallacies? The Mormons are really good at that, and I think the other Christian denominations are picking up on it.