From: Adam 

Ellen K. wrote:

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

Ummm No I was talking about the drive of the Christians & the Catholics
are (the last time I looked) Christian.



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

But not of Marduk or Zeus or Shiva ergo it is a Judeo-Christian country


Adam
> 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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