-> On 25 Dec 08  10:10:24, Richard Webb got back to Bob Klahn 

 RW> WOuld agree, but by the time we declared our independence
 RW> there was enough disagreement on whose religion was better
 RW> that the declaration and other founding documents were
 RW> written so as to make one of the founding principles freedom of, and
 RW> from religion.  IOw, no religious tyrany, etc.  WE often have not lived
 RW> up to that but ...  hey nice words. 

It's the "freedom from" concept that throws a lot of people.  


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