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Bush and his religion?
You are correct in that both Washington and Jefferson were not bible
believers. However both made many references to "god" - Washington even regularly attended church and associated with clerics - and that was enough to baffle the citizens into believing they were bible believers. Yes, other "founding fathers" were also non -believers (Franklin and Paine) but they did not hold national elected office. Paine went so far as to ridicule the bible yet believe in "god" and was widely referred to even in this day as an infidel. The fact is that this government has never in our entire history had a member of the federal government who was not a "believer" in biblical mythology or a liar who said or implied (as above) that he was . That makes America a de-facto theocracy. It goes even deeper than that as your chances of any elected job anywhere is nil if you identify yourself as a non-believer in the Jewish god system. Workmen quite often put religious identifications on their trucks, yellow page ads, etc. Doesn't hurt and might help but NOBODY goes around publically identifying himself as a non-believer and that most certainly includes our founding fathers. That is just not healthy. Non-believers are thus effectively disenfranshised in America as they lack the needed power base of Judeo-Christianity. Without that no amount of qualification will do. "John Watson" wrote in message news:CnMEc.5882$wY5.491@attbi_s54... "Blue" wrote in message ... "John Watson" wrote in message news:nfKEc.7736$%_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. |
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