Maybe you should read the Jefferson Bible. On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 2:28 PM, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Morgan wrote: >> Easy, it isn't. Judeo-Christian's don't have the sole use of the term. > > The best argument is that that passage was drafted by Jefferson and > edited by Franklin - who were Deists! > > * Jefferson, as president, rarely attended church services and was > famously not a member of any Christian church. Further, in a letter > to John Adams, Jefferson specifically named Conyers Middleton, a > Deist, "... as the basis of my own faith." > > * Franklin wrote, "I soon became a thorough Deist" in his autobiography. > > So, did the nation's founders create a "Christian nation"? NO! > > The USA was created with freedom of religion by many Christians. And > some very important Deists ;-) > >
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