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Atheists & Agnostics

Warpy

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4. There are even difference among the various Southern Baptist

Reply to skepticscott (Reply #3)

Wed Apr 3, 2013, 04:25 PM

Apr 2013

congregations that would boil over into fistfights.

The founders knew what a horrible mess even declaring the country broadly Christian would make. The separation of church and state was one of the smartest things they did.

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