Bruce Sorge wrote: > Also, > What ever happened to to the fact that this great nation was founded as > a Christian nation or the fact that the Constitution was founded on > Christian principals? When did we lose sight of this?
Oh, I don't know. It probably got lost behind the couch along with a lot of other "facts" that aren't true. Cleaning is a bitch, easier to sweep up over things and make up new versions of history. For some further insight into these sorts of issues, I recommend looking up the Treaty of Tripoli, considering how many of the Founding Fathers were Unitarians and not at all your standard "Christians" and consider the folks that were against the Bill of Rights because they were afraid that damn fools in the future would consider it as a document limiting our liberties by enumerating them. Natural rights, my friend. That's what the country was founded on. The government derives its powers from the will and consent of the governed. And those people come in all shapes, sizes, ethnicities and, yes, religions. We may not have always acted like it, but I do believe that America has tried to hold up that as a goal since its inception. I just wish it would remember it a bit more now and then. Judah ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade to ColdFusion 8 and integrate with Adobe Flex http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJP Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:243206 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
