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To: jackielalanne who wrote (73249)	4/8/2005 6:17:38 PM
From: geode00	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 89467

Some of the founding fathers were deists and not Christians except when they had to be for looks. Jefferson was probably the best known and most vocal against organized religion as practiced by his peers. These same arguments could be modernized and used today. Ditto those of the FF's who were on the 'christian' side of the argument. nobeliefs.com Millions of innocent men, women and children, since the introduction of Christianity, have been burnt, tortured, fined and imprisoned; yet we have not advanced one inch towards uniformity. -Thomas Jefferson, Notes on Virginia, 1782 But it does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no God. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg. -Thomas Jefferson, Notes on Virginia, 1782 ================================= stephenjaygould.org Art. 11. As the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion; as it has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion, or tranquillity, of Mussulmen; and, as the said States never entered into any war, or act of hostility against any Mahometan nation, it is declared by the parties, that no pretext arising from religious opinions, shall ever produce an interruption of the harmony existing between the two countries.