From: Ellen K. 

You were talking about North America.  That was not the Spanish.

Our Declaration of Independence speaks of the Creator but not of Christianity.

On Tue, 15 Nov 2005 22:46:25 +0000, Adam
 wrote in message
:

>Gary Britt wrote:
>
>> Ellen you are right.  Taking over the land had nothing to do with religion.
>> Taking over virtually unoccupied land was the inevitable consequence of what
>> happens when a superior culture and superior technology meets an inferior
>> culture and inferior technology.  Its societal evolution.
>>
>Nope, it was explicit & driven by Christianity. Take the actions of the
>Spanish in southern/central america where "converting the heathens by
>force if necessary" was sanctioned by the church. wrt north america the
>protestants had no such pope but they did have the concept of being
>christians.
>
>As an example the "pilgrim fathers" defined themselves by their puritan
>brand of christianity & indeed you are a nation "under
god" & not under
>gods.
>
>Adam

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