There were jews and muslims and athiests. Just look at the lives and lifestyles that Jefferson and Franklin lived. On Feb 14, 2013 2:20 PM, "Sam" <sammyc...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Again, the founders that were Diests believed in God and mostly Christ > but didn't like the changes the big religions made. > > . > > On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 2:16 PM, Larry C. Lyons <larrycly...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > Creator was used as a generic, remember many of the people who signed > > the Declaration and the Constitution were Diests, not necessarily > > Christian. > > > > "God" does not appear in the constitution once. The only two > > references to religion include the right to practice ones own religion > > (as long as it does not infringe on any one else's constitutional > > rights; as with all rights outlined in the constitution) and the > > prohibition of religious tests for possible office holders. > > > > In the declaration of independence there are four references, 2 which > > were changed significantly from what Jefferson originally wrote. But > > the most famous bit, > > ". . . the equal and independent station to which the laws of nature > > and of NATURE'S GOD entitle them" was a specific reference to a > > Deistic concept of the watchmaker diety. > > > > In the second paragraph the phrase "endowed by their CREATOR" was > > added by Congress so strengthening the religious reference. > > > > In the conclusion the reference to God was added by the congress. > > > > However since the Declaration of Independence is not the law of the > > land then simply put Tim you're wrong about it being in the founding > > document. > > > > On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 2:02 PM, LRS Scout <lrssc...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> God has always been there, maybe not on the money or the pledge, I know > >> those were added later. But look at all the refrences to god and the > >> creator there are in the founding documents. Even from those who > weren't > >> Christians. > >> > >> However the word god doesn't imply or support any secific religion, so I > >> don't have a problem with it. If it were in Christ we trust, or > buddah, or > >> allah, I would have a major problem. > >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:361188 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
