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Politics : Should God be replaced? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Solon who wrote (18937)12/10/2004 6:53:50 PM
From: Greg or e  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 28931
 
"I believe it was Jefferson who referred to the bible as a ..... There was always a huge difference (as there is today) between what people said publicly to a religious audience and what they said privately when speaking most sincerely."

No, a pile of dung is what your arguments amount to. Jefferson's comments came in a private letter.

"In an 1815 letter to Charles Clay, JEFFERSON said he "had taken the four Evangelists" and "cut out from them every text they had recorded of the moral precepts of Jesus, and arranged them in a certain order, and although they appeared but as fragments, yet fragments of the most sublime edifice of morality which had ever been exhibited."



To: Solon who wrote (18937)12/10/2004 7:02:48 PM
From: Greg or e  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 28931
 
"Using "Nature's God" as a synonym for level playing field and a common ground is strategically wise in a religious society,..."

So now you're saying that the Framers were a bunch of liars? When you are in a hole the best thing to do is stop digging!


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