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Saturday, January 15, 2005
Michael Newdow Again
The Energizer bunny of atheism never seems to run down.
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Theophobia Part Two: The Myths about the Founders and Religion by Michael P. Tremoglie counters the latest arguments alleged to disprove three centuries of historical records.
For anyone who seeks a literally overwhelming case to buttress the conviction that the United States was founded and governed, at least until 1933, as a Christian nation, take a look at David Barton’s “Original Intent: The Courts, the Constitution, & Religion.” It contains 350 pages of quotations from the leading statesmen of the founding era, all supporting the essentiality of religion in our government of English-style individualism under a Federal republic.
In today’s hypersensitive atmosphere of “tolerance,” offending somebody by speaking the truth is a hate crime more heinous than murder. But, as Casey Stengel (maybe it was Yogi Berra?) said, “You could look it up.”
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