I did not say "they" created a Christian country. I said Christians , by and large, created this country.
You professional disinformationalists wish it was not so, but tough. It is. Get over it.
I will start ALL over again, and be posting SEVERAL, so you can see with your own three beady eyes.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN: probably more of a deist BUT with the recognition of CHRIST....no other...
founded the Pennsylvania Hospital, the inscription which Ben composed for the cornerstone reads:: In the year of Christ,1755,.....This building, by the bounty of the goverment and of many private persons, was piously founded, for the relief of the sick and miserable. May the God of mercies bless the undertaking
I do not believe Franklin was much for pomp and circumstance and traditional ceremony of religiosity but he recognized real truth when he heard it. Hence during the Great Awakening, he built a huge auditorium for his friend the preacher George Whitefield.
Some of his written statements include, ::' Whoever shall introduce into public affairs the principles of primitive Christianity will change the face of the world..........A Bible and a newspaper in every house, a good school in every district-all studied and appreciated as they merit-are the principal support of virtue, morality, and civil liberty.......
Ol' Honest Abe, while saying true enough , that he was no a member of any Christian church, says this but I have never denied the truth of the Scriptures; and also that he cold not be brought to support a man for office whom he knew to be an open enemy of, and scoffer at religion. ((as you are)))
Several speeches he even quoted Christ in the scriptures.....wonder why????? if this was not a christian nation, why bother???????? (((oh yeah oh yeah i know, it was ""political"" so he could get re-elected--lol)
You are mistaken on J. Adams:
In his diary he writes:
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"if I would go to Hell for an eternal moment or so, I might be knighted"--Shakespeare-------
By a courtier I mean one who applies himself to the passions and prejudices, the follies and vices of great men in order to obtian their smiles, esteem and patronage. and consequently their favors and preferments.....
A MAster requires of all who seek his favour an implicit resignation to his will and humor, and these require that he be soother, flattered, and assisted in his vices and follies, perhaps the blackest crimes that men can commit. The first thought of his will produce in a mind...a soliloquy, something like my [Shakespeare] motto--as if he should say--The Minister of State or the Governor would promote my interest, would advance me to place of honour and profit, would raise me to titles and dignities that will be perpetuated in my family, in a word would make the fortune of me and my posterity forever, if I would but comply with his desires and become his instruments to promote his measures....
We see every day that our imaginations are so strong and our reason is so weak, the charms of wealth and power are so enchanting, and the belief of future punishments so faint that men find ways to persuade themselves to believe any absurdity, to submit to any prostitution, rather than forgo their wishes and desires. Their reasom becomes at last an eloquent advocate on the side of their passions, and [they] bring themselves to believe that black is white, this vice is virtue, that folly is wisdom and eternity a moment....
I dread the consequences. [A master] requires of me such compliances, such horrid crimes, such a sacrifice of my honour, my conscience, my friends, my country, my God, as the Scriptures inform us must be punished with nothing less than Hell fire, eternal torment. And this is so unequal a price to pay for the honours and emoluments in the power of a minister or Governor, that I cannot prevail upon myself to think of it. The duration of future punishment terrifies me. If I could but deceive myself so far as to think eternity a moment only, I could comply and be promoted.
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