Sept 18, 2010: Hosni Jumps Ahead

[spudcon]

I only read the first page of the Smithsonian article, and all it is doing is chronicalling what the American dream was trying to escape. The French, British and Spanish were exporting their religious intolerance to the colonies. It reminds me of an Irishman who was speaking about his homeland, and someone asked him about the Christians who were fighting each other in Ireland. His reply was "There are no Christians fighting in Ireland."

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by spudcon

I only read the first page of the Smithsonian article,...

That's the best way to remain ignorant.

[spudcon]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

That's the best way to remain ignorant.

No, the best way to remain ignorant is to read revisionist history promulgated by the Smithsonian, liberal college professors and the media.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by spudcon

No, the best way to remain ignorant is to read revisionist history promulgated by the Smithsonian, liberal college professors and the media.

If you'd read the goddamn thing, you'd see that the federal government was not founded on Religious principles, it was founded on neutral principles. It had to be, because the individual states were founded on religious principles, but not all the same, and the only way to get them to join together was to guarantee a neutral position by the feds. That's why the individual states carried on with laws that supported the semi-official religion in that state. Your claim of being founded Christian principles is true when you talk about states, but not the United States.