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TRE on May 9, 2006 - 11:58am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
I agree.  I'm certainly not selling myself as anti-Christian.  There are too many secular atheists such as myself who devote far too much energy to bashing religion.

I raised the point on Bartlett, not because he is a Christian, but for a different reason:  I am greatly concerned by anyone who tries to argue that the US was created as a Christian nation.  The founders were deists at best by and large.  The argument that this is a Christian nation can then become a slipper slope towards theocracy and demogoguery.

But as stated above, given that I've not done enough research no this, it's largely inappropriate to raise concerns that may be fictious and paranoia on my part.

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odograph on May 9, 2006 - 9:30pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
I've seen Jon Meacham, author of "American Gospel," making the rounds promoting his book.  He makes the argument that the founders had an idea of a non-specific, non-denominational, public religion when they drafted the Constituion & etc.

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights ..."

He contrasts that with more recent attempts to inject religiosity into government, along more specific, denominational, and doctrinal lines.

... as a result, I think people are sensitive to which God people are talking about - the old general public religion - or an effort to "move the ball futher down the field" as it were.

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