1797 Treaty of Tripoli..US a Christian Nation?????

Bandit

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Fri May-06-05 01:58 PM
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1797 Treaty of Tripoli..US a Christian Nation?????

The very first "Official" word from brand new US Government by our founding fathers.

"As the government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion"

Is this a difficult sentence to understand? A Treaty is "The Supreme Law of the Land"

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Maestro

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Fri May-06-05 02:01 PM
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1. Fundies and Fristians pick and choose

what they want to use and ignore the rest. They pick and choose verses from the Bible that tend to support what they believe and ignore other passages that are just not appropriate. Leviticus is full of verses that are used and others that are not.

I am sure this is the case of the founding fathers. Reichwingers love to point to them as being good Christians. Many might have gone to church but all realized how bad religion and government mix. It simply shows their ignorance and how fundies and Fristians promote agenda based on emotional rather than logical thought. They are freaks! I can't stand them.

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rodeodance

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Fri May-06-05 02:09 PM
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2. nice but , do you have a link please

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Maestro

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Fri May-06-05 02:12 PM
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4. I don't know if you mean me or the OP

but here you go anyway. Not a Christian Nation

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JDPriestly

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Fri May-06-05 02:09 PM
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3. do you have a link to this?

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Maestro

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Fri May-06-05 02:12 PM
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5. See post #4 -nt

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Bandit

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Fri May-06-05 02:13 PM
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6. Try Google it is an amazing tool

:shrug:

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Sid Demo

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Fri May-06-05 02:28 PM
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7. Unanimous vote too.

The treaty was approved unanimously also. Not one dissenting vote. I have read that this was only the third unanimous vote at that time (1797) but I have also read it was the first.

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OffWithTheirHeads

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Fri May-06-05 02:42 PM
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8. Jefferson on religious freedom in 1779

The Act for Establishing Religious Freedom is perhaps the most interesting feature in the revised code of Virginia. With the exception of the Declaration of Independence, it is the most celebrated of Jefferson's productions, and the one to which he recurred with the highest pride and satisfaction. The preamble which introduces the act defines with peculiar emphasis the premises upon which religious freedom is founded. The following is the bill with the preamble as originally proposed by Jefferson:

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http://www.geocities.com/Athens/7842/rfindex.htm

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