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Bush and his religion?
"Blue" wrote in message ... "John Watson" wrote in message news:nfKEc.7736$%_6.7019@attbi_s01... "Bill Oliver" wrote in message ... Why are Christians always so arrogant, cocky and just plain nasty to people who don't accept their fairy tale as fact? We all seek confirmation of our supernatural beliefs (or lack of) from others, it is just human nature. Some just lack the strength to coexist with others who believe they are wrong. The problem gets exquisite when one raises his children to "believe" and either he or they changes their mind about that belief. The cockiness comes from the fact that this is a biblical country, no one else is even allowed into federal power, so we are literally enveloped in "confirmation." I agree with most of your post but not that "this is a biblical country". The founding fathers were for the most part Deists. Christianity neither is, nor ever was a part of the common law. -Thomas Jefferson, letter to Dr. Thomas Cooper, February 10, 1814 Where the preamble declares, that coercion is a departure from the plan of the holy author of our religion, an amendment was proposed by inserting "Jesus Christ," so that it would read "A departure from the plan of Jesus Christ, the holy author of our religion;" the insertion was rejected by the great majority, in proof that they meant to comprehend, within the mantle of its protection, the Jew and the Gentile, the Christian and Mohammedan, the Hindoo and Infidel of every denomination. -Thomas Jefferson, Autobiography, in reference to the Virginia Act for Religious Freedom It is between fifty and sixty years since I read it [the Apocalypse], and I then considered it merely the ravings of a maniac, no more worthy nor capable of explanation than the incoherences of our own nightly dreams. -Thomas Jefferson, letter to General Alexander Smyth, Jan. 17, 1825 James Madison: What influence in fact have Christian ecclesiastical establishments had on civil society? In many instances they have been upholding the thrones of political tyranny. In no instance have they been seen as the guardians of the liberties of the people. Rulers who wished to subvert the public liberty have found in the clergy convenient auxiliaries. A just government, instituted to secure and perpetuate liberty, does not need the clergy. John |
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