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Politics : Should God be replaced?

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To: Solon who wrote (18785)12/1/2004 11:00:08 AM
From: Greg or e  Read Replies (1) of 28931
 
The feast of REASON!
homicide.northwestern.edu

"you don't want to go there. I can see why!"

"it portrayed itself as a triumph of the forces of reason over those of superstition and privilege, and as such it was welcomed not only by English radicals like Thomas Paine and William Godwin and William Blake, who, characteristically, saw it as a symbolic act which presaged the return of humanity to the state of perfection from which it had fallen away..." victorianweb.org

"<<<The constitution is based on Theistic philosophical principals that were taken to be "self evident".>>>"

"It was admitted in the Treaty of Tripoli that The US was not founded as a Christian Nation."

I did not say the US was a Christian nation so why are you posting that?

"They chose to risk their lives to get FREE of "theistic principles""

That's funny that they would use Theistic principals to free themselves from the same. Things that make you go Hmmm
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