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echo: crossfire
to: Jeff Snyder
from: Earl Croasmun
date: 2009-05-02 07:20:42
subject: Re: Abortion

~> EC> WE have and have always had a secular
~> EC> government that governs over a diverse population.
 
~> At any rate, in light of the evidence which surrounds you, how can you be in
~> denial of the plain truth that the USA was crafted as a Christian
nation, and
~> its most revered documents are based upon clearly Christian principles and
~> beliefs?

It was founded by religious people, including a number of Christians, but
part of the motivation of many to come across the ocean was to escape
religious persecution including persecution by Christians.  They created a
government that was forbidden to establish any religion, thus a secular
government.

~> Phrases like "In God we trust" and "one nation under
God" certainly seem to
~> negate your usage of the word "always" in your above
response, as does the
~> fact that you will find references to, and many monuments of, Moses and
~> the Ten Commandments scattered all across the American land, beginning in
~> Washington, D.C.

The Supreme Court building actually depicts nine historic lawgivers,
representing the traditions that influenced our legal system.  None are
literally Christian, although Moses and Solomon are part of a pre-Christian
tradition that you may feel akin to.  Menes and Hammurabi, not so much. 
And Confucius, not even close.

But in any event that does not change the fact that the legal system is a
secular one that establishes no particular religion.  It is not like South
Africa, which once tried to invalidate all non-Christian marriages.
 
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