LTTE -- God/US -- Ahhh!!

[TimeToGo]

LTTE from the Orlando Sentinel (11/29) --

Drives me crazy.

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U.S. is Christian nation

The last time I checked, this nation was founded upon the wording of the Constitution, and not upon letters written by Thomas Jefferson. God was a major factor in all documents leading to the establishment of this nation and, with the ratification of the Constitution, it was accepted that we were a nation under God.

Had this not been the intent, the Constitution would not have been approved. We were established as a Christian nation, and of that there is no doubt, but with religious freedom for those who chose to worship otherwise.

The government is limited in establishing a church, which it has not done. But in no way is it otherwise restricted in supporting the work of God within its citizenry.

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

1. Boilerplate bullshit.

This fundigelical racket is a big money-maker. The ministers fill their heads, program them, wind them up and send them off to browbeat an unsuspecting world. The ministers get their dosh.

Time for the more mainstream denominations to stand up and be counted. Way past time.

[maxsolomon]

11. don't hold your breath waiting for the moderates

they're as scared as iraqi moderates.

[tk2kewl]

2. Someone should break the news to this guy

that God is never mentioned in any way in the Constitution or the Bill of Rights. The moran obviously has never read these documents.

[spooky3]

3. Our LTTE writer should take this little quiz.

http://www.ffrf.org/quiz/ffrfquiz.php

[tk2kewl]

5. nice link

i only got a 15. mostly because i thought the god nonsense came around the same time as prohibition rather than McCarthyism

[TimeToGo]

6. Good one

[atreides1]

7. I Got 17

I missed questions 7, 14, 15, and 18, not too bad.

[tk2kewl]

8. I've also got an idiot cousin who thinks it is unconstitutional

for the federal government to collect income tax. Another moran who obviously has not read the document (see ammendment 16)

[RPM]

10. by his logic....

the gay marraige amendment still wouldnt make gay marriage illegal....

What's his position on that one?

[tk2kewl]

13. he actually doesn't care about any of the theo-con social agenda

but he doesn't mind using it to gain control and pass the idiotic economic agenda.

He owns a small business. I can't wait to point out to him that his stupid party's economic plans will take away his tax write-off for medical insurance and eliminate his state and local taxes as write-offs for his personal income tax.

So what if you get a flat tax and pay 5% less to the feds if your paying it on a larger chunk of your earned income. If bushco is talking of flat tax being revenue neutral then someone is going to be picking up the slack for the reduced tax paid by multi-millionaires and billionaires. Guess what. That leaves the rest of us footing the bill.

[KitSileya]

9. Whoho. 20 out of 21!

Anmd I'm not even an American.

Now, if we could only get rid of the state church here in Norway.....

[merbex]

12. I got a 20 out of 21!! Yippee!

My high school history teachers and poli sci profs would be sooo proud

[spooky3]

14. wow, you guys rock!

[ieoeja]

17. 20 out of 21

I had the wrong colony in question 8.

[karlrschneider]

18. I missed 2.........# 13 and # 14

:grr:
:evilgrin:

[Menshevik]

15. But...but...

God wrote the Constitution himself! }(

[tk2kewl]

16. and handed it down on stone carved tablets

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4. Someone needs to educate the guy as to one of the reasons

it took so long to ratify the Constitution. Said reason being that the majority of those ratifying it wanted religious references REMOVED and would not ratify until this occurred.