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Oct. 22nd, 2004 10:47 pm
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http://www.beliefnet.com/story/154/story_15469_1.html#cont


You can say that the majority of citizens are Christian, sure. That does not make the United States a 'Christian nation.' It certainly does not make the separation of Church and State "a myth."

Excuse me. I have to go check the Canadian immigration laws again.

Date: 2004-10-22 08:45 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] peggin.livejournal.com
I don't think anyone who calls the U.S. a "Christian Nation" has ever studied any history... ever.

Have they ever heard of Thomas Jefferson? The man who, in a letter to John Adams, wrote: "The day will come when the mystical generation of Jesus by the Supreme Being in the womb of a virgin, will be classed with the fable of the generation of Minerva in the brain of Jupiter."

Then there's the Treaty of Tripoli of 1797, which stated: "The government of the United States is not in any sense founded on the Christian religion."

Here are some great quotes proving just how "Christian" the Founding Fathers were

Also, I'm right there with you on looking north. I hear Toronto is a lovely place to live.

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