Posted on 09/24/2008 7:10:34 AM PDT by freemike
John Adams:
The general principles upon which the Fathers achieved independence were the general principals of Christianity I will avow that I believed and now believe that those general principles of Christianity are as eternal and immutable as the existence and attributes of God.
[July 4th] ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. John Adams in a letter written to Abigail on the day the Declaration was approved by Congress
... Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other." --October 11, 1798
"I have examined all religions, as well as my narrow sphere, my straightened means, and my busy life, would allow; and the result is that the Bible is the best Book in the world. It contains more philosophy than all the libraries I have seen." December 25, 1813 letter to Thomas Jefferson
Sept 28-Oct 4 is a week for all Christians to come together and pray for this nation! Please consider setting time aside for prayer and/or fasting for these elections and for revival!
"Without Religion this World would be Something not fit to be mentioned in polite Company, I mean Hell." [John Adams to Thomas Jefferson, April 19, 1817] | You can vist out website at 7DaysforOurNation
Adams should have beaten Jefferson. Then the Democrats would have been just populists and their atheistic bent would have never taken root.
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[Elliots Debates, Vol. IV, pp 198-199, Governor Samuel Johnston, July 30, 1788 at the North Carolina Ratifying Convention]
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