http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-09-11-amendment_N.htm?loc=interstitialskip
Most Americans believe the nation’s founders wrote Christianity into the Constitution, and people are less likely to say freedom to worship covers religious groups they consider extreme, a poll out today finds.The survey measuring attitudes toward freedom of religion, speech and the press found that 55% believe erroneously that the Constitution establishes a Christian nation. In the survey, which is conducted annually by the First Amendment Center, a non-partisan educational group, three out of four people who identify themselves as evangelical or Republican believe that the Constitution establishes a Christian nation. About half of Democrats and independents do.
Later in this article, Gene Policinski laments that its a result of year of not teaching the First Amendment in school. He’s right, but incomplete.Our kids say the Pledge of Allegaince and sing the National Anthem, but they are completely ignorant about WHY this country is great. The reason is simple: The Separation of Church and State.C/S assures all people are equal, no matter what they think about gods. That’s important! Any deviation from absolute separation is a reduction in religious freedom, since some people will inherently have more rights than others, based simply on thought.The solution is simple: Include the Treaty of Tripoli in the schools, and educate the children on it’s intent.
For a good chuckle – see jesusandmo.net
Yes an indeed! That was an excellent jesusandmo strip.
666,
Yes it does. It’s a silly argument, but I wish imforgvn would have been lucid enough to actually defend his statements instead of needing an Atheist to do it for him.
imforgvn
Flatland, is I think, my favourite book of all time. Good for you for finding and reading it.
But don’t assume others have not been there before you.
conservative christianty will survive because it offers a modest lifestyle.no substance abuse,gambling,sex outside of marriage hard to achieve but it is a lifestyle that appeals to many who want a quiet space in their life from this hectic modern world we live in.
It is very difficult not to resort to ridicule when theists seem not to be able to see anything unless it be through their God-Filter.
Here is Carl Sagan’s video about flatland.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIadtFJYWhw
I guess if one doesn’t understand something, it must be god.
Amazing how im4 always has somewhere else to be when he gets in over his head.
More generally, we can’t imagine how the absence of Article 11 in the Arabic version effects the separationist argument. It was the English version of the treaty that was approved by President Adams and Secretary Pickering, and this version unquestionably contained Article 11. Similarly, when the Senate ratified the treaty, they did so knowing full well that the English version declared that the United States was not a Christian nation.
http://www.sullivan-county.com/bush/misquote1.htm
Hey, maybe its a fake Frank Walton coming onto a blog as a person who changes their name from frank Walton to the Real Frank Walton, knowing that it would change all his posts, to make Frank Walton look bad!
. . . . . my head hurts