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Originally Posted by aCultureWarrior
The last time I checked Michael Farris is the constitutional scholar, not you.
So? Our disagreement is ideological.
No, a constitutional scholar has shown that our Founding Fathers created a nation that valued the Word of God, both in laws and culture.
He doesn't believe the nation should be Christian. "Based on Christian principles", yes, but not Christian.
How do you force a nation to become Christian (back to that theocratic "top down" approach)? How do you force individuals to accept Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior?
Christian principles (laws and culture) is the only way to become a Christian nation (back to the "bottom up" approach that I spoke of earlier).
I am willing to bet you that Farris would not try to defend the claim that Jefferson was Christian. Want me to find out?
Ask him if a "deist" could have written the Declaration of Independence and written a Bible that valued the teachings of Jesus Christ.
Quote: Originally posted by aCultureWarrior
BTW, those Puritans that you admire so much: They were slaveholders long before our Founding Fathers were born.
Slavery in Massachusetts
http://slavenorth.com/massachusetts.htm
That was a side point though. My main point was regarding the foundation of the society.
I called you out on your "side point" and showed that the Founding Fathers created a nation based on the Word of God.
Quote: Originally posted by aCultureWarrior
Thank Jefferson (the supposed "deist") and others for writing into our nation's charter that "All men are created equal".
According to my understanding of deism they believe that God created the world but then became indifferent to it.
If Thomas Jefferson believed in deism, why even mention God as he did all so frequently in his writings?