Hallo Robert, Thursday, 17 February, 2005, 15:46:06, you wrote:
rlr> Gustl Steiner-Zehender wrote: >> Hallo Dave, >> >> No, Allen specifically states that the founders were not religious >> men. I quoted that in my first mail to Todd and that was my only beef >> with the article. It is patently false. Where he is right he is >> right and where he is wrong he is wrong and he was wrong in that >> statement. rlr> Sorry to butt into your discussion, Gustl, but the author was a rlr> woman. Brooke Allen has an axe to grind, and you're right about her rlr> errors. No, not at all. Mistakes need to be corrected and I appreciate you pointing out mine. rlr> However, she does make some excellent points. The rlr> contemporary tendency to view America's founding fathers as rlr> evangelical, dispensationalist believing, "born again" Bible thumpers rlr> is the perspective she tried to counter. Yes, she does make some excellent point which is why I confined my initial comment to her false assertion. And it should be countered, but with accuracy. No good in grinding on an axe where it doesn't need to be ground. Happy Happy, Gustl -- Je mehr wir haben, desto mehr fordert Gott von uns. Mitglied-Team AMIGA ICQ: 22211253-Gustli ******** The safest road to Hell is the gradual one - the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts. C. S. Lewis, "The Screwtape Letters" ******** Es gibt Wahrheiten, die so sehr auf der Stra§e liegen, da§ sie gerade deshalb von der gewšhnlichen Welt nicht gesehen oder wenigstens nicht erkannt werden. ******** Those who dance are considered insane by those who can't hear the music. George Carlin ******** The best portion of a good man's life - His little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love. William Wordsworth _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/
