On Fri, 20 Feb 2004, Brian Siano wrote:

> Samuel Nicolary wrote:
> 
> > I guess my point is that because laws are not required to be in accordance
> >
> >with the bible does not mean we should forget that most lawmakers
> >throughout history have been christian or at least have pretended to be
> >and that christianity has a huge impact on legislature both past and
> >present and not always in matters of separation of church and state.
> >
> "Most lawmakers throughout history have been Christian?" Fascinating 
> claim to make, considering such precedents as the Code of Hammurabi, 
> Roman law, Greek law, laws existant in civilizations utterly untouched 
> by Christianity for hundreds of years, laws in Muslim countries, laws in 
> Jewish communities, and the fact that Christians have never been a 
> global majority.

I do believe we are talking about the government of the United States of
America - or at least I was.

-- 
Sam Nicolary


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