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Subject: Re: Re: Christian Roots of U.S. - part II
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Date: Fri, 12-Sep-86 08:58:09 EDT
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Posted: Fri Sep 12 08:58:09 1986
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> >  *	In his first inaugural address, George Washington said
> >	"It would be peculiarly improper to omit in this first official
> >	act my fervent supplications to that Almighty Being who rules over the
> >	universe, ...

> I am trying to figure out why the above quotes are uniquely Christian. They
> are theistic yes, but unless one were to beleive that the Christians had a
> monopoly over the Almighty, ...

Ah, but that is exactly what any Real Christian does believe.  And 
they consider it their duty to impose their belief on you and on me.

George Washington also said that one lighthouse is worth a thousand 
church steeples.  Although he did believe in God, this makes it 
abundantly clear what he thought of most of the people who claim 
to speak for that God.  

Most of the other Founding Fathers had about the same love for 
their fellow Christians, as a casual reading of many history books 
will show.  And note that they did see fit in the Bill of Rights
to try to protect us from the imposition of Christianity (or any
other religion) as a state-enforced religion.

-- 
	John Chambers

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