From: "Gary Britt" 

I never commented upon denomination breakdowns.  It isn't relevant to the
point I originally made.

Gary

"Adam" <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the
field.near the bridge"> wrote in message news:442058ed$1{at}w3....
> Gary Britt wrote:
> > So, they were christian by a very large majority.
>
> But not catholic.
>
> This is typical (in this case wrt the Quakers:
>
> http://www.dinsdoc.com/greene-3-6.htm
>
> "When, in 1708, the Quakers of Boston petitioned for leave to build a
> wooden meeting-house, Sewall opposed it, saying that he “would not have
> a hand in setting up their Devil Worship.”"
>
> So don't try the "we're all christians" rubbish when the US
was founded
> by ardent protestants who deeply disliked the papist idolatry.
>
> > Christian religious
> > principles that informed the criminal code and other codes of behavior
> > enacted into law in the countries from which they came and then in the
> > colonies is that to which I had commented.  You've now spun off into
matters
> > that were never said nor argued, because you are unable to assail the
> > original statements.
> >
>
> Bollox. You're hoping to gloss over the fact that the main rule was no
> papists here.
>
> > As is most often the case with you, you've spun this around till the
> > original discussion and the meaning of your original comments have been
lost
> > days ago.  So post whatever drivel you like in response to this.  I
don't
> > care to engage in circular argumentation that is not intended by you to
> > explore in a reasoned and thinking fashion any particular topic.
> >
> Crap. None of the "founding fathers" were papists & most
were ardently
> anti-catholic. None of what went into the constitution owes anything to
> the Catholics except in terms of a rejection & repudiation of their
> idolatry etc.
>
> Low church protestant dissenters.
>
> Adam

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