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To: Michael M who wrote (69859)	1/2/2000 1:47:00 AM
From: Grainne	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

I have read a lot of Jefferson's quotes, Michael, and if I tried to sum them all up, certainly in the big picture he is not advocating that America be a Christian nation, and is advocating the more vague and general concept of a Creator, which is what a Deist would logically do. I do not think that Del and I and "one or two others" are persistent in spreading our views at all, really. I think what surprises me is that most people in America have a world view where Christianity is always considered a positive force in the present and the past, Christmas is considered an authentic Christian holiday, the influence of the rest of the planet by Christian Europe of the last several centuries is held up as an overwhelmingly virtuous and positive, and it is assumed that America was founded as a Christian nation. I do not hold that world view, and do not consider it accurate. I think it is very interesting that when anyone challenges that world view, they are held up as heretics of some sort. I guess some things do not change very rapidly. I also think it is interesting that while Jehovah's Witnesses are trying to convert others to a particular minority religious belief system, I base my arguments not on any belief system at all, but on world history. Certainly you understand and appreciate the difference between fact and belief?