tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802793022423388420.post229331668938158448..comments2023-03-29T17:28:56.467-07:00Comments on ARIZONA ATHEIST: America is Not a Christian Nation, Part 1Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802793022423388420.post-63369222450446341192013-07-24T14:27:51.026-07:002013-07-24T14:27:51.026-07:00You write, ”1)The constitution says " the yea...You write, <i>”1)The constitution says " the year of our Lord"”</i><br /><br />So? How is this supposed to demonstrate that this is a Christian nation? This was the standard way of stating the date during this time. Does the Constitution say anything about deriving any Constitutional principle from Christianity or any other religion? No, which is the entire point of the discussion.<br /Arizona Atheisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17377658912951142427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802793022423388420.post-29519701147045061162013-07-24T14:25:38.740-07:002013-07-24T14:25:38.740-07:00Hi Brian,
Most people aren't convinced when t...Hi Brian,<br /><br />Most people aren't convinced when their arguments go against the facts, but that's the truth. You can either accept it or not. Personally, I think one ought to go where the facts lead, or else I think one is just fooling oneself if not.<br /><br />I've demonstrated that the bible wasn't much of an inspiration at all, and one of the founders explicitly stated Arizona Atheisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17377658912951142427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802793022423388420.post-33930088960946614172013-07-24T10:58:00.674-07:002013-07-24T10:58:00.674-07:00Ok I guess I wasn't really done!
sorry if my m...Ok I guess I wasn't really done!<br />sorry if my multiple posts are annoying.<br /><br />I found a couple more things that I disagree with you on.<br />1)The constitution says " the year of our Lord"<br />There are many gods....but only one Lord!<br />The founding fathers were brilliant and well versed in history and Christianity. They knew very well what they were doing with this Brian's Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11274833654519982935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802793022423388420.post-7184684552483660822013-07-24T10:21:24.068-07:002013-07-24T10:21:24.068-07:00ITs me again.
I just read your entry again and I f...ITs me again.<br />I just read your entry again and I found a apparent contradiction. Maybe I am reading something wrong....what do you think?<br /><br />You said in your first post that "Natural law"<br />was not new to a Government.....<br />Yet......your quote from John Adams says " the united states have exhibited, perhaps, the first example of governments erected on the simpleBrian's Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11274833654519982935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802793022423388420.post-42903019718535087922013-07-24T10:10:57.172-07:002013-07-24T10:10:57.172-07:00I don't feel that you have dismantled my case....I don't feel that you have dismantled my case....although you are a skilled debater I see.<br /><br />You say that America has nothing to do with Christianity?....yet you also say that 9-10% of citations could be found to be biblical...which is it?<br />In your argument there should be No biblical references.<br />This supports my point. <br />I am not trying to dismantle your argument...as IBrian's Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11274833654519982935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802793022423388420.post-34495960355848747282013-07-22T18:12:18.210-07:002013-07-22T18:12:18.210-07:00Continued from above:
I honestly believe you need...<b>Continued from above:</b><br /><br />I honestly believe you need to brush up on your history. I think I can say the same thing to you: <i>You can't change history</i>, no matter how hard you might try. The U.S. was not founded upon Christianity, nor any other religious idea. In fact, one last fact I will cite is this. While doing comparisons on the literature of the founding era historian Arizona Atheisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17377658912951142427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802793022423388420.post-79752248037430111312013-07-22T18:11:38.224-07:002013-07-22T18:11:38.224-07:00Brian,
Once again, how does this discussion relat...Brian,<br /><br />Once again, how does this discussion relate to the matter at hand, namely whether or not the U.S. is a Christian nation? <br /><br />As to the religious character or the level to which god (which one you do not specify) had a hand in inspiring the creation of the U.S., this was responded to decades ago by one of the men who actually helped found the U.S. John Adams, in his <i>A Arizona Atheisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17377658912951142427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802793022423388420.post-39045081797091873272013-07-22T16:52:28.341-07:002013-07-22T16:52:28.341-07:00I never said Christians invented anything.
You are...I never said Christians invented anything.<br />You are talking about apples and oranges.<br /><br />A couple of major attempts at democracy were the Greeks in the 6th centuryBC, and the Romans in the 2nd centuryBC. In Greece the lawgiver drew up a legal system that would allow people to make their own laws. Plato and Aristotle thought that a just society was one where every man is moved by Brian's Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11274833654519982935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802793022423388420.post-28909944757380589582013-07-19T16:00:48.151-07:002013-07-19T16:00:48.151-07:00Hi Brian,
Thanks for the comment. However, I'...Hi Brian, <br /><br />Thanks for the comment. However, I'm not sure what your points have to do with the point of this series. My goal was to demonstrate that the U.S. was not founded by Christians <i>or</i> Christian principles. I think I demonstrated this beyond a shadow of a doubt. So, what do you argue instead? It seems that, rather than try to rebut the case I made, you'd like to Arizona Atheisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17377658912951142427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5802793022423388420.post-17661129635377784702013-07-19T13:39:24.625-07:002013-07-19T13:39:24.625-07:00I give you points for determination and work ethic...I give you points for determination and work ethic.<br />However Im not sure you know where the idea of a free country comes from.<br />What is your opinion on why freedom of religion was the first item mentioned in such a groundbreaking document?<br />Did you know?<br />Every original grammar school, hospital, orphanage, library and homeless shelter were All started by Christians.<br /> All Brian's Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11274833654519982935noreply@blogger.com