[Tfug] Another CC* weighs in....

[Malcolm Schmerl]

Thanks, Bowie. I couldn't say it better, myself.

I would add that all our laws were derived from the Ten Commandments 
which isn't even a Christian document. They actually predate Christ 
substantially. They came from a band of Jews wandering in the desert 
after escaping slavery in Egypt. They are a set of very practical ideas 
to live by. The word of God? Well, Moses had a very unruly mob to deal 
with. He needed something to add weight to his laws.

On 06/16/2010 01:33 PM, bpoag at comcast.net wrote:
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> Actually.... No. Most of America's founding fathers were Deists. Not 
> Christians. They believed in the notion of God, but not Christianity. 
> Infact, many of them weren't even ambivalent about Christianity. They 
> flat out didn't like Christianity, as you can see:
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> http://freethought.mbdojo.com/foundingfathers.html
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> So, please, PLEASE read up on history, and stop perpetuating the 
> "Dehhh, This country was founded on Christian values by Christian 
> people!" lie, because that's precisely what it is. I'm a Christian. I 
> of course wish such a statement were true, but it isn't, and no amount 
> of wishing, interpretation, or re-thinking will make it so, and you 
> have a responsibility as a fellow Christian to quit spreading BS.
>
> Cheers,
> Bowie
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "keith smith" <klsmith2020 at yahoo.com>
> To: "Tucson Free Unix Group" <tfug at tfug.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2010 11:43:22 AM GMT -07:00 U.S. Mountain 
> Time (Arizona)
> Subject: Re: [Tfug] Another CC* weighs in....
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> Interestingly this country was founded on Christin values by Christian 
> people.  Our laws used to be derived from the Bible.  I know they do 
> not teach that in school any longer and history has been and is being 
> rewritten.
>
> If it were not for those Christians we would not have the country we 
> have with the Constitution and Bill of Rights.
>
> If you have followed what is going on in Texas you will know what I am 
> saying is true about the rewriting of history.
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> ------------------------
> Keith Smith
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> --- On *Tue, 6/15/10, Robert Hunter /<hunter at tfug.org>/* wrote:
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>     From: Robert Hunter <hunter at tfug.org>
>     Subject: Re: [Tfug] Another CC* weighs in....
>     To: "Tucson Free Unix Group" <tfug at tfug.org>
>     Date: Tuesday, June 15, 2010, 10:25 PM
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>     I'm with Malclom.  The nut jobs will need to suck it up, or at least
>     take time to learn how to use email filters.
>
>     A couple of quotes for you to chew on...
>
>     It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate
>     its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so, and
>     will follow it by suppressing opposition, subverting all education to
>     seize early the minds of the young, and by killing, locking up, or
>     driving underground all heretics.
>     --Robert A. Heinlein
>
>     Treat your religion like you would your genitalia.  It's not polite
>     to wave it around in public, or shove it down the throats of people.
>     --Unknown Author
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>     --
>     RH
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>     On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 5:16 PM, Malcolm Schmerl
>     <mjs355 at comcast.net </mc/compose?to=mjs355 at comcast.net>> wrote:
>     > First of all, note that the word 'hell' was never capitalized
>     and never used
>     > in a religious context.
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