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To: Neocon who wrote (148278)	10/20/2004 10:56:10 AM
From: jlallen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Neo...what's wrong with you....you just have to accept that Bush is an evil, bible thumping jerk or you're not with it man.....get with the program.......you are not allowed to engage in any independent thought......look solely to your DNC talking points....<g>

To: Neocon who wrote (148278)	10/20/2004 11:53:46 AM
From: jttmab	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

I am not interested in whether the Founders were largely Deists or not, I am interested in whether they thought there was a kind of providence in human affairs, and that to do right was to conform to that providence, which was, in some sense, the will of God. Deism 18th centuries, particularly in England. Generally, Deists held that a certain kind of religious knowledge (sometimes called natural religion) is either inherent in each person or accessible through the exercise of reason, but they denied the validity of religious claims based on revelation or on the specific teachings of any church.... Microsoft® Encarta® Reference Library