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Atheists & Agnostics

JDDavis

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1. Not really amazing that Christians particularly, (probably Jewish and Muslims, too)...

Reply to Panich52 (Original post)

Sun Feb 1, 2015, 05:10 PM

Feb 2015

like to re-write history to favor the wonderful moments which show their own particular religious folks are the most valiant, the favored ones, the ones most praiseworthy and predetermined to be at the very top of the power structure.

Rewriting of history is just one of the many tools they use.

How many times have we read or heard this lie since 2001? How many American people have come to believe it?

"America was founded as a Christian nation"

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If our Founding Fathers were all Christians, why did they say this? [View all] Panich52 Feb 2015 OP

Not really amazing that Christians particularly, (probably Jewish and Muslims, too)... JDDavis Feb 2015 #1

Which is why we can have so much fun correcting their history... onager Feb 2015 #2

Thanks for this, something I knew nothing about. JDDavis Feb 2015 #3

Here's a good start. onager Feb 2015 #5

Thanks for this. Curmudgeoness Feb 2015 #4

Christian governments in 1789 AlbertCat Feb 2015 #6

Thank you guillaumeb Feb 2015 #7