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Discovering Religion: Ep 17 - One Nation ABOVE God

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The seventeenth installment of my original series, "Discovering Religion." In this episode I discuss the common claim made by Christians that American values and governing laws are based on Judeo-Christian teachings, put in place by our devoutly religious Founding Fathers.

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VIDEOS CITED:

God and Politics in Lynchburg, Tennessee
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpJfWOWkB2Q

Sarah Palin says America is a Christian Nation on Bill O'Reilly
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LahUxkyaRh8

FOX: Congress Debates Biblical Stance on Immigration
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPpD3Pto0xE

Glenn Beck's "Restoring Honor" Rally - Interviews With Participants
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ht8PmEjxUfg

SARAH PALIN BOOK SIGNING - Interviews with Supporters
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKKKgua7wQk

TEA PARTY CONVENTION - Sarah Palin, Orly Taitz, Interviews with Participants
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHItY5Anj3s


Additional video clips featured in this episode were taken from the "John Adams" miniseries.

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QUOTES:

"Millions of innocent men, women, and children, since the introduction of Christianity, have been burned, tortured, fined, and imprisoned, yet we have not advanced one inch toward uniformity. What has been the effect of coercion? To make one half of the world fools and the other half hypocrites."
Thomas Jefferson
Notes on Virginia, 1782
 

"Christianity neither is, nor ever was a part of the common law."
Thomas Jefferson
Letter to Dr. Thomas Cooper, from Monticello
February 10, 1814.


"The question before the human race is, whether the God of nature shall govern the world by his own laws, or whether priests and kings shall rule it by fictitious miracles."
John Adams
Letter to Thomas Jefferson, June 20, 1815


"During almost fifteen centuries has the legal establishment of Christianity been on trial. What have been its fruits? More or less in all places, pride and indolence in the Clergy, ignorance and servility in the laity, in both, superstition, bigotry and persecution."
James Madison
Memorial and Remonstrance Against Religious Assessments, 1785

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MUSIC CITED:

Phillip Glass - Glassworks - 01 - Opening
Phillip Glass - Glassworks - 06 - Closing
The Hours Soundtrack - 09 - The Kiss
Donnie Darko (score) - 11 - Rosie Darko
Donnie Darko (score) - 16 - Did You Know Him
Bach , Brandenburg Concerto No. 3, 1st movement (1721)

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PLAYLIST:
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=70E757541E8576D7

TRANSCRIPT:
http://discoveringreligion.net/?p=217

WEBSITE:
http://www.discoveringreligion.net

FACEBOOK:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Discovering-Religion/143122652390020?ref=ts


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  • America did not begin with the Constitution, it began with the Mayflower compact.. You spin the truth well.

  • @222jbg

    You're right, it didn't begin with the Constitution, it began with the Declaration of Independence. Hahaha... That's what we call "a fail".

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  • @Devialx10 No, you are not the only one to notice that most all of them are overweight, it stuck out like a sore thumb to me:) Maybe to many biscuits at those tea parties lol

  • It has been known for years that the "Separation of Church and State" came into effect because the founding fathers didn't not want conflict with the various Christian denominations in the colonies. They wanted to cap religious conflict and violence and the best way to do that was to avoid an "Established Religion" so they separated the Government from the Church. If everyone in the colonies were Catholics or Presbyterians for example, then I'm sure they would have keep religion in Government.

  • Why were all of the Tea party members overweight? Am I the only one that noticed that...?

  • As someone who's spent their whole live in Nashville, TN, I can say that woman at the beginning truly represents the vast majority of bigoted, willfully ignorant, superstitous, racist residents of this fugly state.

  • There's an interesting rumor that Thomas Paine was responsible for the Declaration. Interesting indeed.......

  • @DiscoveringReligion actually america began with the Native Americans and their gods: 1st : APOTAMKIN 2nd : RAVEN 3rd : COYOTE 4th : KWATEE 5th : MANABOZHO 6th : WENDEGO 7th : AHAYUTA-ACHI 8th : AAKULUUJJUSI 9th : SEDNA 10th : WAKAN-TANKA The mayflower was that sexy group of sinners who would have been burned to the stakes by the "true" Christians of the UK--ofA
  • I just go with the flow dont care for god or science what ever happened happened

  • What's with all these weird capitalization and punctuation errors in the comments?

  • I'm Canadian, not American, but I think we run a pretty close second as far as religious people go. This is mostly a christian country, too. And being an atheist here puts me into the minority. I've noticed one big difference, though, and this isn't meant as a criticism. We are not patriotic. We love our country, but don't have delusions of grandeur about it.

  • only in the us can ppl running for political office proudly showcase their ignorance and stupidity . in europe, our poiticians at least try to appear smart and educated. stupid is the new cool

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