Founding Fathers did NOT want USA to be Christian nation

Thom Hartmann debunks one of the things that Right Wing Fundamentalists use to claim wrongly that Thomas Jefferson wanted the nation to be a Christian nation. The clincher comes at the very end of this video in that Republicans try to tie religion into politics so they can avoid the fact that they do not wish to talk about economic equality.

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[rufuguru]

@JesusFreakMathGeek6 You can look up "Top 10 Creationist Arguments" and "Top 10 Creationist Arguments Part 2" to get the best summery of why christians shouldn't bring religion any where near science.

[rufuguru]

@JesusFreakMathGeek6 Time and again, Biologists have disputed the significance of Chromosome similarities. It's more how one allele reacts to another. The chromosomes themselves are insignificant compared to their interactions with each other.

[rufuguru]

@JesusFreakMathGeek6 Apes and humans would share a common ancestor, it's not that humans came from apes like so many creationists erroneously state. You haven't stated how anything in scripture is in any way supporting science. You don't sound like you know anything about thermodynamics.

[JesusFreakMathGeek6]

@rufuguru Thermodynamics is in scripture and along with a lot of advanced science.

[JesusFreakMathGeek6]

@rufuguru So what do you think about apes having 48 chromosomes and humans 46? Like I have said I do enjoy science and study it a lot, as a matter of fact homology has been proven wrong.

[justjulie37]

@robvlob Yeah, what you said ! Why is that so hard for Christians to understand?

[caveatemp]

"In the beginning of the contest with Great Britain, when we were sensible of danger, we had daily prayer in this room for Divine protection. Our prayers, Sir, were heard, and they were graciously answered. All of us who were engaged in the struggle must have observed frequent instances of a superintending Providence in our favor ... have we now forgotten that powerful Friend? Or do we imagine we no longer need His assistance?" Benjamin Franklin as recorded by James Madison

[caveatemp]

@rufuguru First, are you really 18? Second, do you realize the cognitively dissonant statements you just made? "I choose to believe in nothing" and "I accept that I don't know"

[rufuguru]

@caveatemp Yes, Article 1 section 8 does say that, but the Supreme court has the power to declare constitutionality of Congressional laws and acts.

[rufuguru]

@caveatemp And if you honestly want them to take down the Washington Monument and change the layout of the city because you believe in that pathetic conspiracy theory, be my guest and gather the other 20 people who believe that and tell congress about it.