McCain Right USA Based on Judeo-Christian Principles?

When Senators Barack Obama and John McCain both appeared at the Saddleback Civil Forum on the Presidency with Pastor Rick Warren last weekend, McCain used a myth about the supposed Judeo-Christian origin of American principles to pander to the evangelical Christian audience in a way I contrast with an Obama appearance at another Baptist church earlier this year.

You can see the full section of the Saddleback Civil Forum interview of John McCain from which I took a short clip for this video from the CNN website at http://www.cnn.com/video/savp/evp/?loc=dom&vid=/video/politics/2008/08/17...

I used Marion Doss's picture of Thomas Jefferson in my video under a creative commons license as described on his Flickr page at http://flickr.com/photos/ooocha/2574662602/sizes/o/

You can find the rest of Thomas Jefferson's 1824 letter to Major John Cartwright, among other places, at http://books.google.com/books?id=z-pv0i1qHIYC&pg=PA406&lpg=PA406&...

You can find the prepared text of Barack Obama's January 20, 2008 speech at Ebenezer Baptist Church from which I took a screen capture at http://www.barackobama.com/2008/01/20/remarks_of_senator_barack_obam_40.php

And, finally, you can find the full video of Barack Obama's January 20, 2008 speech at Ebenezer Baptist Church from which I took a short clip at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kf0x_TpDris

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[d0861]

I can't believe the people who think of themselves as "patriotic" while trying to implement Christianity into our laws. I wonder how they feel about Muslims who force Sharia law on the people... Oh, right, they probably want to bomb them.

[hackit12]

@doratestudo21 ...... What will 2012 be? .....

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VIRTUE OF SELFISHNESS !

[dagoose109]

@JerkingForJesus---True. However, Christianity will not claim that the Bible condones slavery or any of it''s other moral atrocities.

[JerkingForJesus]

@dagoose109 how about slavery? the bible promotes it and we did it for a long time :P

[NewGenerationMA]

@IAm1337Tube THE TRINITARIAN TREATY OF 1822: "In the name of the Most Holy and Indivisible Trinity." We are now left with the indisputable fact that almost every one of the original 13 states required a belief in God in order to hold office. If this were founded a secular nation that would never have been considered on any level.

It's sad that the atheists in this country have to foce their version of history on us due to the fact that are so grandly insecure with the facts.

You Fail.

[NewGenerationMA]

@IAm1337Tube The phrase in question does not appear in the Arabic version The phrase was understood to mean that the US did not have officially hostile relations with nations which were officially Muslim. The treaty was renegotiated a few years later. The phrase was indisputably NOT a part of the subsequent treaty.

Paris peace treaty: In the name of the most holy and undivided Trinity.

It having pleased the Divine Providence to dispose the hearts . . .

[NewGenerationMA]

@WxsOnline so you bought into Hitler's propaganda like the rest of the morons in Nazi Germany. Hitler was an ATHEIST.

[NewGenerationMA]

@IAm1337Tube the US was founded on Christian Beliefs and the rights of a few, seculars, have been shoved down our throats against the intent of the founding fathers. Your quote was NOT from a founding father. If you would like to go tit for tat with the evil quote thing there are far more stated by seculars. We could use the soviet union alone where 60 million were killed in order to maintain a secular state.

[dagoose109]

For years have been asking Christians who claim that America was founded upon "Christian Principles" to name even one of these so-called mysterious "Principles". In all fairness and honesty, these phantom "Principles" must be unique or specific to Christianity. Not a single person has yet to come up with any of these alleged "Principles".

[WxsOnline]

For more information about Hitler's religious ties, google: nazi photos and click on the first link at the top.

[WxsOnline]

Hitler hated atheists and aligned himself with the Protestant and Catholic churches of Germany. He was a Roman Catholic who claimed that the Aryan race was the will of God, and believe that the earth was created by God. "I swear by God, this holy oath, to the Führer of the German Reich and people. Adolf Hitler..." was an oath that Nazi soldiers took. — The More You Know!

[SuperAthiest1]

@Draygin2004 pray to zuse, he is the one true lord. lol. its sad that you cant answer that simple question. what distinguishes christianity from a cult?