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To: The Philosopher who wrote (40784)	6/18/1999 11:23:00 PM
From: jbe	Read Replies (1) of 108807

Christopher -- and this remark is addressed to Michael, too -- it would save a lot of time & energy if people would read the posts they reply to. You quote from the Declaration of Independence: "...to assume, among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and of nature's God entitled them...that they are endowed by their Creator with certain..." And then you ask: Just exactly which God do you think they were referring to? Mohammed? As I pointed out in the post you are responding to, the major author of the Declaration of Independence was a Deist -- Thomas Jefferson. The only changes to the draft presented to the "Committee of Five" were made by Ben Franklin (another Deist) and John Adams (a Unitarian), and there is no evidence they changed this particular passage. So, if you insist on putting the question that way, I guess I'd have to answer that they were referring to the God of the Deists. Of course they were not referring to Mohammed, for the simple reason that, as jp has already advised you, he was not a god. :-) Joan

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