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Christians certainly are the scum floating on top of the rest of the sewage, but that doesn't change the fact as to why the establishment clause was included in the Constitution as Isaac the stupid would have you believe. |
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04-07-2007, 02:14 PM | #108 | |
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What I said was, all of the founding fathers were not christian. Do they teach you those spin and denial techniques in church or do you have to pick them up on your own? |
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No Abby you show me where they said they were not Christian
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Brain, how stupid are you? Very I think. You continously just get on here and attack people over and over. That is about all you can do. You do not even know how to begin to answer a question. We've all asked it and I asked it today. Show me where they are NOT Christians. It's proven over and over that this country was founded on Christian principles and you and I both know it. You seem to think it wasn't, so prove it. Open your mouth and prove it or shut up.
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George Washington: “Religious controversies are always productive of more acrimony and irreconcilable hatreds than those which spring from any other cause. I had hoped that liberal and enlightened thought would have reconciled the Christians so that their religious fights would not endanger the peace of Society.” (Letter to Sir Edward Newenham, June 22, 1792) John Adams: Treaty of Tripoli ― Ratified by the Senate and signed into law by John Adams on 10 June, 1797. * “[T]he Government of the United States of America is not in any sense founded on the Christian religion...” "How has it happened that millions of myths, fables, legends and tales have been blended with Jewish and Christian fables and myths and have made them the most bloody religion that has ever existed? Filled with the sordid and detestable purposes of superstition and fraud?” (Letters to F.A. Van Der Kamp 1809-1816) Thomas Jefferson: “I have recently been examining all the known superstitions of the world, and do not find in our particular superstition [Christianity] one redeeming feature. They are all alike, founded upon fables and mythologies.” James Madison: “During almost fifteen centuries, the legal establishment of Christianity has been on trial. What have been the fruits of this trial? More or less in all places, pride and indolence in the Clergy; ignorance and servility in the laity; and in both, clergy and laity, superstition, bigotry and persecution.” (Speech to the General Assembly of Virginia, 1785) Sure is tough to get an accurate description of our history when you're only source of information is the book of all lies for the weakest minds, huh? |
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I just couldn't resist showing the ignornance of your beliefs, Isaac the Stupid one.
Thomas Paine: “The most detestable wickedness, the most horrid cruelties, and the greatest miseries that have afflicted the human race have had their origin in this thing called revelation, or revealed religion. It has been the most destructive to the peace of man since man began to exist. Among the most detestable villains in history, you could not find one worse than Moses, who gave an order to butcher the boys, to massacre the mothers and then rape the daughters. One of the most horrible atrocities found in the literature of any nation. I would not dishonor my Creator's name by attaching it to this filthy book.” (from The Age of Reason) Abraham Lincoln: “My earlier views of the unsoundness of the Christian scheme of salvationand the human origin of the scriptures, have become clearer and stronger with advancing years and I see no reason for thinking I shall ever change them.” (to Judge JS. Wakefield, after Willie Lincoln's death) Ulysses S. Grant: “Leave the matter of religion to the family altar, the church and the private school supported entirely by private contributions. Keep the church and state forever separate.” (Address to the Army of the Tennessee, Des Moines, Iowa, September 25, 1875) John Quincy Adams: “There are in this country, as in all others, a certain proportion of restless and turbulent spirits - poor, unoccupied, ambitious - who must always have something to quarrel about with their neighbors. These people are the authors of religious revivals.” |
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"He who shall introduce into public affairs the principles of primitive Christianity will change the face of the world."
B. Franklin "Of all the systems of morality, ancient or modern, which have come under my observation, none appear to me so pure as that of Jesus." Thomas Jefferson, Writings volxiii p 377 Bless all the churches, and blessed be God, who, in this our great trial, givith us the churches. Abraham Lincoln replying to a Meth. delagation, 14 May,1864 (He is also known to have thought very highly of his mother who taught him from the Bible.) I'll find some more fun ones, but I wanted to reply ASAP, and I have other responsibilities I need to tend to. |
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I see you learned how to google Abby
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All evil comes from man, not Christ. Just because people call themselves Christians does not mean they truly represent Christ.
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"I have examined all the known superstitions of the word, and I do not find in our particular superstition of Christianity one redeeming feature. They are all alike founded on fables and mythology. Millions of innocent men, women and children, since the introduction of Christianity, have been burnt, tortured, fined and imprisoned. What has been the effect of this coercion? To make one half the world fools and the other half hypocrites; to support roguery and error all over the earth." Jefferson again: "Christianity...(has become) the most perverted system that ever shone on man. ...Rogueries, absurdities and untruths were perpetrated upon the teachings of Jesus by a large band of dupes"; and More Jefferson: "The clergy converted the simple teachings of Jesus into an engine for enslaving mankind and adulterated by artificial constructions into a contrivance to filch wealth and power to themselves...these clergy, in fact, constitute the real Anti-Christ. Jefferson's word for the Bible? "Dunghill." John Adams: "Where do we find a precept in the Bible for Creeds, Confessions, Doctrines and Oaths, and whole carloads of other trumpery that we find religion encumbered with in these days?" Also Adams: "The doctrine of the divinity of Jesus is made a convenient cover for absurdity." Adams signed the Treaty of Tripoli. Article 11 states: "The Government of the United States is not in any sense founded on the Christian religion." And this is not a direct quote (because I don't have my fingers on it at the moment) but Adams wrote to Jefferson sometime in the 18-teens, about ten years before their shared deathdate of July 4, 1826 that he frequently believed that the world would have been a far better place had there never been any religion. Here's Thomas Paine: "I would not dare to so dishonor my Creator God by attaching His name to that book (the Bible)." "Among the most detestable villains in history, you could not find one worse than Moses. Here is an order, attributed to 'God' to butcher the boys, to massacre the mothers and to debauch and rape the daughters. I would not dare so dishonor my Creator's name by (attaching) it to this filthy book (the Bible)." "It is the duty of every true Deist to vindicate the moral justice of God against the evils of the Bible." "Accustom a people to believe that priests and clergy can forgive sins...and you will have sins in abundance."; and "The Christian church has set up a religion of pomp and revenue in pretended imitation of a person (Jesus) who lived a life of poverty." Finally let's hear from James Madison: "What influence in fact have Christian ecclesiastical establishments had on civil society? In many instances they have been upholding the thrones of political tyranny. In no instance have they been seen as the guardians of the liberties of the people. Rulers who wished to subvert the public liberty have found in the clergy convenient auxiliaries. A just government, instituted to secure and perpetuate liberty, does not need the clergy." Madison objected to state-supported chaplains in Congress and to the exemption of churches from taxation. He wrote: "Religion and government will both exist in greater purity, the less they are mixed together." These founding fathers were a reflection of the American population. Having escaped from the state-established religions of Europe, only 7% of the people in the 13 colonies belonged to a church when the Declaration of Independence was signed. but hey, don't let the facts get in the way of your opinions. I mean I'd hate to NOT be able to laugh at your overwhelming stupidity on a regular basis. |
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Well Abby being a member of a church does not make you a Christian
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Brain, you still have not answered my questions directly. Of course, you never answer a question directly. Furthermore taking a piece of a statement, a book, or a speech and putting a spin on it is not answering the question either. I asked you to prove that these men were in fact not Christians, can you do this? Isaac is right. Look at the money you spend every day, what does it say?
IN GOD WE TRUST Hmmm, wonder what made them decide to put that on there? Ohhh...maybe it's because the forefathers of our country were CHRISTIANS! They believed in God. |
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