I preface this with the thinking by some Politicians lately is that the US was based,, and should be based on Religion- even go so far as saying that the Government should be taking it's cue from Christianity...
Saying there are Christian Nationals - ,, I might get to all that laser - and the TIES to the KKK ,,, but let's leave that for now....
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SO - Last night we watched Ken Burns - Benjamin Franklin - 2 episodes,,, 4 hours.. Outstanding - as all Ken Burns work is.... I highly recommend it...I actually have to go back and see Episode 1...
There are those today that ridiculously point to the Declaration of Independence to say that this nation was founded on Christian beliefs... even though there are many Quotes by those men to say other wise.
Jefferson referred to the claim that he wished “government without religion”
John Adams - “As the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion"......
James Madison'- “Religion and government will both exist in greater purity the less they are mixed together."
So there's that -
back to the Franklin documentary - Jefferson wrote the Declaration in the attic of the home he was staying in in Philadelphia and sent the draft to Franking to review it.... Franklin made few changes to the Jefferson Document - even though Jefferson thought that John Adams should have been writing it....
one of the changes he made was this - Jefferson wrote "we hold these truths to be Sacred and Undeniable"
Franklin edited that because he did not want a religious reference - taking SACRED as that reference..
and as we are all aware - the Phrase "Self-Evident" took it's place in the final document.
Even Franklin and Jefferson knew better that to tie Religion to Govenment.
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