"Theplanters95" wrote in message
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Chuck,

If you check American History, you will see a lot of colonies were founded
for
religious freedom. As a Baptist, one of our unique features is an
emphasis on
religious liberty. We can agree to disagree, but true Chrisitanity seeks
liberty. Also, many of our presidents were Christian or religious.
Religious
expression is found in our guiding documents, such as the Dec. of
Independence,
and the Constitution.


Yep, and that expression is one of hope that the government not be beholden
to any Official Christianity. For the past couple of millennia, Official
Christianity has been seeking the divine path and simultaneously
exterminating all those who would diverge from the Official Truth. Life has
gotten very troublesome when several competing versions of Official
Christian Truth have had to share the same time and space.

Christianity does not seek liberty, and in the historical record, has often
been liberty's greatest foe. Of the various flavors of Christianity
available today, broadly, to be a Christian, you have to either recognize a
religious hierarchy as superior to your individual liberty, or accept the
literal word of the Bible, which can only be done by Faith (which let's you
ignore a whole lot of problematic Biblical advice).

The trouble with being a True Believer is that there is no way to agree to
disagree. No matter how politely you disagree with my truth, that's heresy!
How can I let a heretic teach my kids in public school? I must struggle (in
the best jihad sense) to help the truth prevail. You must be persuaded,
re-educated, or.... eliminated.

BTW, I think that only Rhode Island & Providence Plantations was formed
mostly for religious freedom (fleeing the hobnailed boots of religious
intolerance then existing in....., uhhh, Massachusetts), all the other
American colonies were formed to turn a profit for an investment trust. And,
a hundred years later, those God-fearing folks were up to their eyebrows in
utilizing and turning a big profit from black slavery. Who woulda thunk it,
Brown Sugar?

Ed
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