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Atheists & Agnostics

AlbertCat

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3. Such thinking just opens up the flood gates for all kinds of mingling between church and state.

Reply to Tobin S. (Reply #2)

Thu May 7, 2015, 12:04 PM

May 2015

Not to mention completely ignores the Founding Fathers, Constitution, and the very IDEA of America.

After all, when we were colonies, we were colonies of a Christian Nation.... with a King , whose family had been chosen by god to rule. That is what a Christian Nation was in 1789. The whole idea of what our country should be is antithetical to a Christian Nation!

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"God isn't concerned with man's law. He is only concerned with you." [View all] Tobin S. May 2015 OP

Unfortunately, we see a lot of people who talk about their "personal" God EvolveOrConvolve May 2015 #1

Yep, that's usually what they mean. Tobin S. May 2015 #2

Such thinking just opens up the flood gates for all kinds of mingling between church and state. AlbertCat May 2015 #3

"Good Guy Jew" meme... trotsky May 2015 #4