Ross Sauer -> Ed Hulett wrote:
 RS> "Ed Hulett -> Ross Sauer"  wrote in news:9359
 RS> $HOLYSMOKE{at}JamNNTPd:

 EH>>>>>> No one is mandating the pledge. "[U]nder
Gad" is a part of the
 EH>>>>   pledge EH>> now and will remain so. It makes
you look foolish to
 EH>>>>   continue whining EH>> about it.

 DC>>>>> Has it occurred to you that many people don't say the pledge
 EH>>>>   because DC> of _religious_ reasons?

 EH>>>> Has it occurred to you that I couldn't care less?

 DC>>>>> Like it or not, this country was not founded as a
xian nation.

 EH>>>> I never said it was. It was founded by Christians, though.

 RS>>> Dead wrong.

 EH>> Are you saying that the early settlers of what is now the US weren't
 EH>> Christians looking for a place to freely exercise their religion?

 EH>> Are you saying that the language of the First Amendment was to ensure
 EH>> the free exercise of religion?

 EH>> Are you saying there were no Christians among those who set up our
 RS> form
 EH>> of government?

 EH>> If you have evidence to back up your position, why did you rely on
 RS> only
 EH>> two words as an argument?

 RS> In the Constitution, name *ANY* Christianity.

Huh? I said it was founded *BY* Christians.

 RS> And that is the founding of our nation.

Many of the founding fathers were Christian.

Try to read before making a fool of yourself.

Ed

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"Wise politicians will be cautious about fettering the government with
restrictions that cannot be observed, because they know that every
break of the fundamental laws, though dictated by necessity, impairs
that sacred reverence which ought to be maintained in the breast of
rulers towards the constitution of a country."

--Alexander Hamilton, Federalist No. 25, 21 December 1787

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