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What pivotal US laws were uniquely inspired by the 10 commandments?
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Originally posted by whag View Post
It’s written on their hearts, though.
Children won’t honor the sabbath because a poster tells them such.Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
Than a fool in the eyes of God
From "Fools Gold" by Petra
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Originally posted by seer View PostIt was much more than a tack on and did not only include the TC. But I don't expect you to be honest Roy.
Honesty on my part involves acknowledging that the 10 commandments were added to English law by Alfred the Great, and that that was the first law code that applied to most of what is now England.
Honesty on your part requires acknowledging that there were English law codes before that which did not include the 10 commandments; that Alfred only put the commandments in the preface to his law code, not among the laws themselves; and that the ten commandments were removed from English law long before the founding of the US.Jorge: Functional Complex Information is INFORMATION that is complex and functional.
MM: First of all, the Bible is a fixed document.
MM on covid-19: We're talking about an illness with a better than 99.9% rate of survival.
seer: I believe that so called 'compassion' [for starving Palestinian kids] maybe a cover for anti Semitism, ...
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Originally posted by whag View PostStop using bolded lavender, seer. It’s annoying.
Or is it his penchant for purple prose?
"It ain't necessarily so
The things that you're liable
To read in the Bible
It ain't necessarily so."
Sportin' Life
Porgy & Bess, DuBose Heyward, George & Ira Gershwin
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Originally posted by seer View Post
We are speaking of the obvious Biblical influence on the founding and history of this country. I'm not sure why you are getting hung up on this unique thing.
"It ain't necessarily so
The things that you're liable
To read in the Bible
It ain't necessarily so."
Sportin' Life
Porgy & Bess, DuBose Heyward, George & Ira Gershwin
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Originally posted by Hypatia_Alexandria View Post
Perhaps seer imagines himself as a "laddy" in lavender!
Or is it his penchant for purple prose?
P1) If, then I win.
P2)
C) I win.
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Originally posted by Mountain Man View Post
Also, George's Washington's Thanksgiving Proclamation is not the words of a deist in any way, shape, or form. Honestly, I get so tired of the old chestnut that the Founding Fathers were all deists and nominal Christians.
To a certain extent, politicians have to say what people want to hear. His own religious ideas may have been quite different. He was certainly not a habitual church-goer. And Tom Paine was an atheist."It ain't necessarily so
The things that you're liable
To read in the Bible
It ain't necessarily so."
Sportin' Life
Porgy & Bess, DuBose Heyward, George & Ira Gershwin
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Originally posted by Hypatia_Alexandria View Post
Did Washington personally equate "Almighty God" with "that great and glorious Being"?
To a certain extent, politicians have to say what people want to hear. His own religious ideas may have been quite different. He was certainly not a habitual church-goer. And Tom Paine was an atheist.Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
Than a fool in the eyes of God
From "Fools Gold" by Petra
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Originally posted by Hypatia_Alexandria View Post
You are completely overlooking the fact that the FFs were all educated men from the Enlightenment and Age of Reason and that included attitudes towards religion. Both Franklin and Jefferson spent time in France and were no doubt exposed to the ideas of Voltaire and Diderot, among others.
Atheism is the cult of death, the death of hope. The universe is doomed, you are doomed, the only thing that remains is to await your execution...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbnueb2OI4o&t=3s
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Originally posted by whag View Post
It’s written on their hearts, though.
Atheism is the cult of death, the death of hope. The universe is doomed, you are doomed, the only thing that remains is to await your execution...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbnueb2OI4o&t=3s
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Originally posted by Hypatia_Alexandria View Post
Did Washington personally equate "Almighty God" with "that great and glorious Being"?
To a certain extent, politicians have to say what people want to hear. His own religious ideas may have been quite different. He was certainly not a habitual church-goer. And Tom Paine was an atheist.Atheism is the cult of death, the death of hope. The universe is doomed, you are doomed, the only thing that remains is to await your execution...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbnueb2OI4o&t=3s
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Originally posted by seer View Post
No they were not all influenced by the Enlightenment, like I linked the majority were Christian. And when Jefferson made castration the penalty for the crime of sodomy in he Virginia Law Code, was that enlightened? And BTW the Founders, including Jefferson, were much more influenced by the works of Locke. Who tied human rights directly to the God of the Bible."It ain't necessarily so
The things that you're liable
To read in the Bible
It ain't necessarily so."
Sportin' Life
Porgy & Bess, DuBose Heyward, George & Ira Gershwin
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Originally posted by Mountain Man View Post
There is no evidence so suggest that George Washington's religious beliefs differed from those expressed in his speeches and personal writings.
Was Washington a Christian? If anyone asked him, he might well have said yes. He was familiar with the Bible and even quoted it on occasion. But did he truly believe? That is an entirely different matter. Intelligent arguments can and have been made on both sides of the subject. Ultimately, however, they all come down to speculation. Thanks in large part to Washington’s own efforts—he concealed his inner feelings from everyone, except perhaps Martha— we can never really know exactly what he did or did not believe about God. Alas, this truth remains unsatisfying. Americans have never really accepted it and probably never will."It ain't necessarily so
The things that you're liable
To read in the Bible
It ain't necessarily so."
Sportin' Life
Porgy & Bess, DuBose Heyward, George & Ira Gershwin
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