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The Secret to America's Strength. (Role of Religion in the Founding Fathers' Constitutional Formula)
KimbCo Inc. ^ | 1981 | Dr. W. Cleon Skousen

Posted on 01/06/2002 12:26:31 PM PST by Bump in the night

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To: nicmarlo
am printing out text so I'm not reading online for an hour

LOL... That's what I had to do. My eyes couldn't handle that much on-line reading. Let me know what you think!

21 posted on 01/06/2002 1:15:47 PM PST by Bump in the night
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To: 1 FELLOW FREEPER
Zackly like that
22 posted on 01/06/2002 1:25:03 PM PST by Khepera
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To: Khepera
Good. I say it's time to chuck the public K-12 school system-leviathan altogether. If there's a conflict between church and state, fine, keep the church and kick the state to the curb.

I vote for vouchers + private schools of any educational philosophy that can find a market.

23 posted on 01/06/2002 1:35:02 PM PST by Dr. Good Will Hunting
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To: Khepera;proud2brc;ArGee;Alabama_Wild_Man
Here's a jest: the whole separation of church and state deal was born of Jefferson's letter to the Danbury Baptists.

Following that royally dubious principle, let's find the most inane letter Jefferson ever wrote, pick a random phrase from it, and declare said phrase to be the law of the land!!!

24 posted on 01/06/2002 1:44:35 PM PST by Dr. Good Will Hunting
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To: Bump in the night
Thanks so much for the BUMP.

I like Skousen's writings a lot. The Naked Communist and The Naked Capitalist are very interesting indeed.
25 posted on 01/06/2002 1:56:57 PM PST by Texas_Jarhead
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To: Khepera
Big Ole BRAAD BUMP
26 posted on 01/06/2002 1:57:52 PM PST by Texas_Jarhead
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To: Bump in the night
Great Post
Thanks
27 posted on 01/06/2002 2:03:37 PM PST by One More Time
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To: Bump in the night
Franklin wrote (point two) ... That he (God) ought to be worshiped.

And W. Cleon Skousen changed that to ... Number two, that the Creator has revealed a moral code of behavior for happy living which distinguishes right from wrong.

And my point is that Skousen's stretch is incorrect ... because there is no correlation -- none whatsoever -- between God and any "religion" on earth.

Religious organizations have demonstrated, time and time again, that their objective is control over individuals.

28 posted on 01/06/2002 2:05:55 PM PST by thinktwice
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To: thinktwice
between God and any "religion" on earth.

Actually the faith of Christianity, upon which this nation was founded, is THE correlation. Check the records of the Founders, not only in the documentation found in the Anti-Federalist papers, but also as evidenced in the state constitutions written, if not by many of the Founders themselves, by their peers

29 posted on 01/06/2002 2:31:17 PM PST by billbears
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To: Dr. Good Will Hunting
. I say it's time to chuck the public K-12 school system-leviathan altogether. If there's a conflict between church and state, fine, keep the church and kick the state to the curb.

Hear! Hear!!!!!!! Now that's about the most sensible thing I've heard in a long time!

30 posted on 01/06/2002 2:46:42 PM PST by Bump in the night
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To: Texas_Jarhead
The Naked Communist and The Naked Capitalist are very interesting indeed.

Ahhhh. I've heard of these, but didn't realize the connection. I'll definately check them out!

31 posted on 01/06/2002 2:51:36 PM PST by Bump in the night
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To: Bump in the night
Awesome post!
32 posted on 01/06/2002 2:55:18 PM PST by 4CJ
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To: Bump in the night
I haven't read the whole thing yet, but here's a thread on the same subject:

MYTH: THE FOUNDING FATHERS ESTABLISHED A WALL OF SEPARATION BETWEEN CHURCH AND STATE

33 posted on 01/06/2002 3:20:37 PM PST by Bump in the night
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To: sirgawain;LEGACIES ARE FOR LOSERS;Sabertooth;Destructor;fivetoes
Ping!
34 posted on 01/06/2002 3:25:15 PM PST by Bump in the night
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Pinging!
35 posted on 01/06/2002 3:29:45 PM PST by Bump in the night
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FYI
36 posted on 01/06/2002 3:34:57 PM PST by Bump in the night
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FYI
37 posted on 01/06/2002 3:38:25 PM PST by Bump in the night
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To: Khepera
Bookmarked,Thank you. This is the best article I've seen in a while.
38 posted on 01/06/2002 3:40:22 PM PST by karebare
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To: Michael2001;j_tull;tpaine;Fiddlstix;arepublicifyoucankeepit
Ping!
39 posted on 01/06/2002 3:41:00 PM PST by Bump in the night
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Ping for your thoughts?
40 posted on 01/06/2002 3:45:05 PM PST by Bump in the night
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