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Posted by Erwin Moller on 09/18/07 12:38
Jerry Stuckle wrote:
> Shelly wrote:
>> "Jerry Stuckle" <jstucklex@attglobal.net> wrote in message
>> news:JoWdneE7j9ChsHLbnZ2dnUVZ_vCknZ2d@comcast.com...
>>
>>> Hey, I'd much rather have a God-fearing President than an atheist.
>>
>> ...and I'd much rather have a President! (That means someone who
>> doesn't mix religion with politics - see the Bill of Rights for
>> information).
>>
>
> The Bill of Rights says nothing about whether the President may be
> religious or not. All it says is that government can't pass laws
> telling YOU how you must/must not worship.
>
> In fact, the Bill of Rights doesn't even say you can't display the 10
> Commandments in a courthouse. But the courts have expanded the first
> amendment far beyond it's original purpose. The Federalist Papers by
> Alexander Hamilton, John Jay and James Madison is quite interesting
> reading. It should how far we have strayed from the original intent.
>
> And BTW - atheism is a religion, also. This is conveniently
> "overlooked" by those espousing it in the name of "freedom". But many
> atheists are trying to force their religion on the rest of the country.
Atheism is a religion?
Do you actually have any clue?
Please Jerry: I read this whole thread (my bad) and came to the
conclusion you better stick with PHP.
You can speak with some authority on PHP, but your worldview....
It is dangerous singleminded dribble in my humble opinion.
You showed (again) why most well thinking people in this world feel
sorry for Americans who must live in the same country ruled by religious
conservative antiscientific fundamentalists.
I am sick of Bush and his clan, as is the whole free world.
But I guess you simply don't give a damn, so Bushlike.
A few quotes for you:
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"The Bible is not my book nor Christianity my profession. I could never
give assent to the long, complicated statements of Christian dogma."
- Abraham Lincoln, American president (1809-1865).
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"I have found Christian dogma unintelligible. Early in life, I absenteed
myself from Christian assemblies."
"Lighthouses are more helpful then churches."
-Benjamin Franklin, American Founding Father, author, and inventor
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"Where do we find a precept in the Bible for Creeds, Confessions,
Doctrines and Oaths, and whole carloads of other trumpery that we find
religion encumbered with in these days?"
"The divinity of Jesus is made a convenient cover for absurdity."
"This would be the best of all possible worlds, if there were no
religion in it."
-John Adams, U.S. President, Founding Father of the United States
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Erwin
>
> The first amendment had to do with TOLERANCE. You worship your way and
> I worship mine. You don't try to tell me what I can and cannot do, and
> I don't try to tell you the same.
>
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