He11vis
Shared on Tue, 03/10/2009 - 09:41
One of my favorite rants by the Right Wing is their "this country was founded on Christianity" speech. Often I wonder if they have ever bothered to read a History book or take basic American History courses in college. A good 5 minutes of research will show the exact opposite. Adams, Jefferson, Washington, Madison, Paine, Lincoln, Franklin, and many others were Deists at best, but not Christian. Most were Freemasons. No evidence is needed beyond the Treaty of Tripoli submitted in 1797. In Article 11, it begins: "As the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion;..." and goes on to talk about peace between America and followers Middle Eastern religions, Muslims and Hindus. What is even more awesome is that it is one of the few treaties that was approved and signed unanimously, 100% support! Not a peep from Evangelicals! Those are my kind of Christians! There are many other examples of the secular nature of government. Christmas was not a recognized gov't holiday until 1870. The 7th Amendment to the Constitution talks of Common Law which relied heavily on Saxon Law, not the Bible. Jefferson and Adams both write very critically of Christianity. Jefferson writes in reference to the Virginia Act for Religious Freedom that the 'great majority' removed the name Jesus Christ from the Act to protect the "Jew, Mohammedan, Hindoo, and Infidel." This was a time for the birth of the Unitarian Church and the Jefferson Bible. Washington admitted that he very rarely ever went to church and has never mentioned the name Jesus in any of his personal writings. In God We Trust was not added to currency until 1864 and did not become the national motto until 1956. The Pledge of Allegiance did not add 'under god' until 1954 when the Catholic KofC petitioned for it. I wonder how we went from Deists and Freemasons who appalled the marriage of church and state to the wacky world of Christian extremism we see today. A world where atheists are hated more than terrorists (see recent polling numbers). What happened to the Constitution, what happened to freedom, what happened to a "personal' relationship with God, Zeus, Mithra, Whoever (which means keep it to yourself). Why is my TV. filled with hundreds of religious shows every Sunday? When can we get back to our secular roots?!?! PS - I like Michael Moore's version of the Pledge. "I pledge allegiance to the people of the United States of America, and to the republic, for which we stand, one nation, part of one world, with liberty and justice for all."
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