On Mon, Mar 24, 2003 at 02:33:09AM -0000, iaamoac wrote: > "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created > equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable > Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of > Happiness."
I am familiar with the DoI, John. That is not the same thing as saying, "it is self-evident that god exists". Haven't you noticed people quite frequently refer to unnamed higher powers casually, without attributing deep meaning to the reference? I'd like to see something more direct. > > That is why they created system with separation of church and state. > > They created no such thing. They simply prohibited the establishment > of a State religion. Semantics. Not worth arguing about. > But obviously, the Founder's didn't consider the existence of God to > be self-evident... :) I'd like to see some direct and unambiguous quotes, if you can find it. I didn't feel like cleaning up your majorly mangled quoting, so I didn't reply to the rest. -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.erikreuter.net/ _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
