[Tfug] America's Founding

[Jon]

Great, looks like "Eric" got back on the mailing list some how. Anyone 
remember that guy? He would post historical ramblings _exactly_ like this.

Honestly, I can't make heads or tails of this and it's also _very_ 
annoying. I'm keeping my eye on you, "Mike"...

--
Jon


On 6/16/2010 2:45 PM, Michael Gatto wrote:
> There's a reason why all of our earliest government buildings look 
> pagan Greek and Roman: that's where intellectuals of the time looked 
> to for their inspirations, not ancient Israel or Byzantium.
>
> I think its pretty clear that the theorists and the "doers" in 
> founding this country were a mixed lot of devout Christians and 
> Deists. Nonetheless, many of the ideals of American Government were 
> not wholly derived from the Puritan settlers, but from Thomas Paine 
> and other products of the secular Enlightenment and very a-religious 
> a-moral Renaissance.
>
> A Biblical theocracy would seek to enforce Biblical laws, or Church 
> Canon or such. Our laws do not in their details. Perhaps one could 
> make the argument that the Founding Fathers did not seek to offend 
> Christians and even included some nods to them, but its clear to me, 
> at least, that they always intended it to be a business-friendly, 
> be-free, worship and live how you see fit Cosmopolitanism. That's not 
> so bad, is it??
>
> - Mike Gatto
>
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Jon
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